<vn='1'>Now <sn="3316">Jephthah</s> the <sn="1569">Gileadite</s><sn="1961">was</s> a mighty <sn="1368">man</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s> was the <sn="1121">son</s> of a <sn="802 2181">harlot</s>: and <sn="1568">Gilead</s><sn="3205">begot</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="1568">Gilead</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s><sn="3205">bore</s> him <sn="1121">sons</s>; and his <sn="802">wife</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s> grew <sn="1431">up</s>, and they thrust <sn="1644">out</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5157">inherit</s> in our <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="1121">son</s> of a <sn="312">strange</s><sn="802">woman</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Then <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="1272">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="2897">Tob</s>: and there were <sn="3950">gathered</s><sn="7386">vain</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in process of <sn="4480 3117">time</s>, that the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> made <sn="3898">war</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, that <sn="834">when</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> made <sn="3898">war</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="3947">fetch</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="2897">Tob</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And they <sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s>, and <sn="1961">be</s> our <sn="7101">captain</s>, that we may <sn="3898">fight</s> with the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, Did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="8130">hate</s> me, and <sn="1644">expel</s> me out of my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="4480 1004">house</s>? and <sn="4069">why</s> are ye <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> me <sn="6258">now</s><sn="834">when</s> ye are in <sn="6862">distress</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, <sn="3651">Therefore</s> we turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">to</s> thee <sn="6258">now</s>, that thou mayest <sn="1980">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> us, and <sn="3898">fight</s> against the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and <sn="1961">be</s> our <sn="7218">head</s> over <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, <sn="518">If</s><sn="859">ye</s> bring me home <sn="7725 *853">again</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s> against the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">deliver</s> them <sn="6440">before</s> me, shall <sn="595">I</s><sn="1961">be</s> your <sn="7218">head</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="8085">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> us, <sn="518">if</s> we <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3651">so</s> according to thy <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7760">made</s> him <sn="7218">head</s> and <sn="7101">captain</s><sn="5921">over</s> them: and <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="1696">uttered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1697">words</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hast thou to do with me, <sn="3588">that</s> thou art <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">against</s> me to <sn="3898">fight</s> in my <sn="776">land</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="559">answered</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of <sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, <sn="3588">Because</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> took <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="776">land</s>, when they came <sn="5927">up</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, from <sn="4480 769">Arnon</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2999">Jabbok</s>, and <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> therefore restore those lands <sn="7725 *853">again</s><sn="7965">peaceably</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="3254 5750">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, <sn="3478">Israel</s> took not <sn="3947 3808">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, nor the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">But</s> when <sn="3478">Israel</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="1980">walked</s> through the <sn="4057">wilderness</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="5488">Red</s><sn="3220">sea</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="6946">Kadesh</s>; </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5674">pass</s> through thy <sn="776">land</s>: but the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s> thereto. And in like <sn="1571">manner</s> they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: but he <sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s> consent: and <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in <sn="6946">Kadesh</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then they went <sn="1980">along</s> through the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="5437">compassed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="123">Edom</s>, and the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> by the east <sn="4480 4217 8121">side</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> on the other <sn="5676">side</s> of <sn="769">Arnon</s>, but <sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">not</s> within the <sn="1366">border</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="769">Arnon</s> was the <sn="1366">border</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5511">Sihon</s><sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="2809">Heshbon</s>; and <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, Let us <sn="5674">pass</s>, we pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, through thy <sn="776">land</s><sn="5704">into</s> my <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="5511">Sihon</s><sn="539">trusted</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="5674">pass</s> through his <sn="1366">coast</s>: but <sn="5511">Sihon</s> gathered all his people <sn="622 *853 3605 5971">together</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> in <sn="3096">Jahaz</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5414">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5511">Sihon</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5971">people</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and they <sn="5221">smote</s> them: so <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3423">possessed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And they <sn="3423">possessed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1366">coasts</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, from <sn="4480 769">Arnon</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2999">Jabbok</s>, and <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="3423">dispossessed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="567">Amorites</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and shouldest <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3423">possess</s> it? </v>
<vn='24'>Wilt <sn="3808">not</s> thou <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s><sn="3645">Chemosh</s> thy <sn="430">god</s> giveth thee to <sn="3423">possess</s>? So <sn="3605 834">whomsoever</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s> shall drive <sn="3423">out</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> us, them will we <sn="3423">possess</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="6258">now</s> art <sn="859">thou</s> any thing <sn="2896 2896">better</s> than <sn="4480 1111">Balak</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6834">Zippor</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>? did he ever <sn="7378 7378">strive</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="518">or</s> did he ever <sn="3898 3898">fight</s> against them, </v>
<vn='26'>While <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="2809">Heshbon</s> and her <sn="1323">towns</s>, and in <sn="6177">Aroer</s> and her <sn="1323">towns</s>, and in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">that</s> be along <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3027">coasts</s> of <sn="769">Arnon</s>, <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="8141">years</s>? <sn="4069">why</s> therefore did ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5337">recover</s> them within <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>? </v>
<vn='27'>Wherefore <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2398">sinned</s> against thee, but <sn="859">thou</s><sn="6213">doest</s> me <sn="7451">wrong</s> to <sn="3898">war</s> against me: the <sn="3068">LORD</s> the <sn="8199">Judge</s> be <sn="8199">judge</s> this <sn="3117">day</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Howbeit the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="7971 413">sent</s> him. </v>
<vn='29'>Then the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, and he passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4708">Mizpeh</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and from <sn="4480 4708">Mizpeh</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s> he passed <sn="5674">over</s> unto the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="5087">vowed</s> a <sn="5088">vow</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="518">If</s> thou shalt without fail <sn="5414 5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> into mine <sn="3027">hands</s>, </v>
<vn='31'>Then it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that <sn="834">whatsoever</s> cometh <sn="3318">forth</s> of the <sn="4480 1817">doors</s> of my <sn="1004">house</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> me, when I <sn="7725">return</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s> from the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, shall surely <sn="1961">be</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's, and I will offer it <sn="5927">up</s> for a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>So <sn="3316">Jephthah</s> passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s> against them; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> them into his <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And he <sn="5221">smote</s> them from <sn="4480 6177">Aroer</s>, even <sn="5704">till</s> thou <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="4511">Minnith</s>, even <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="58">plain</s> of the <sn="3754">vineyards</s>, with a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>. Thus the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> were <sn="3665">subdued</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And <sn="3316">Jephthah</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, his <sn="1323">daughter</s> came <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> him with <sn="8596">timbrels</s> and with <sn="4246">dances</s>: and <sn="1931">she</s> was his only <sn="3173">child</s>; <sn="4480">beside</s> her he had <sn="369">neither</s><sn="1121">son</s><sn="176">nor</s><sn="1323">daughter</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when he <sn="7200">saw</s> her, that he <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="162">Alas</s>, my <sn="1323">daughter</s>! thou hast brought me very <sn="3766 3766">low</s>, and <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1961">art</s> one of them that <sn="5916">trouble</s> me: for <sn="595">I</s> have <sn="6475">opened</s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and I <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s> go <sn="7725">back</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, My <sn="1">father</s>, if thou hast <sn="6475">opened</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="6213">do</s> to me according to that <sn="834">which</s> hath proceeded <sn="3318">out</s> of thy <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>; <sn="310 834">forasmuch</s> as the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6213">taken</s><sn="5360">vengeance</s> for thee of thine <sn="4480 341">enemies</s>, even of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="1">father</s>, Let <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s> be <sn="6213">done</s> for me: let me <sn="7503 4480">alone</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="2320">months</s>, that I may go <sn="1980">up</s> and <sn="3381">down</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and <sn="1058 5921">bewail</s> my <sn="1331">virginity</s>, <sn="595">I</s> and my <sn="7464">fellows</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>. And he sent her <sn="7971 *853">away</s> for <sn="8147">two</s><sn="2320">months</s>: and <sn="1931">she</s><sn="1980">went</s> with her <sn="7464">companions</s>, and <sn="1058 5921">bewailed</s> her <sn="1331">virginity</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the <sn="4480 7093">end</s> of <sn="8147">two</s><sn="2320">months</s>, that she <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="1">father</s>, who <sn="6213">did</s> with her according to <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5088">vow</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="5087">vowed</s>: and <sn="1931">she</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s>. And it <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="2706">custom</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='40'> That the <sn="1323">daughters</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="4480 3117 3117">yearly</s> to <sn="8567">lament</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3316">Jephthah</s> the <sn="1569">Gileadite</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3117">days</s> in a <sn="8141">year</s>. </v>