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Text -- Judges 11:32-40 (NET)

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11:32 Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord handed them over to him. 11:33 He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith– twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites. 11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter. 11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” 11:36 She said to him, “My father, since you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. After all, the Lord vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites.” 11:37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.” 11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. 11:39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. 11:40 Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Abel the second son of Adam and Eve; the brother of Cain,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Hebel' or 'Habel',the second son of Adam,as representing the Hebrew name 'Abel',a town in northern Israel near Dan (OS)
 · Ammonites the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
 · Aroer a town by the Wadi Arnon on the border of Reuben and Gad,a town in the desert of Judah
 · Gileadite member(s) of the clan, or residents of the region of Gilead
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jephthah a man who judged Israel around 1100 B.C.,a man who judged Israel; son of Gilead
 · Minnith a town of Ammon which gives its name to a kind of grain (OS)
 · Mizpah a town of Moab


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NET Notes: Jdg 11:32 Heb “passed over to.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:33 Heb “The Ammonites were humbled before the Israelites.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:34 Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:35 Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:36 Or “has given you vengeance against.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:37 Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:38 Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

NET Notes: Jdg 11:39 Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”

NET Notes: Jdg 11:40 The Hebrew text adds, “in the year.” This is redundant (note “every year” at the beginning of the verse) and has not been incl...

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