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Judges 11:34--12:7

11:34

And Jephthah
<03316>

came
<0935> (8799)

to Mizpeh
<04709>

unto his house
<01004>_,

and, behold, his daughter
<01323>

came out
<03318> (8802)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

him with timbrels
<08596>

and with dances
<04246>_:

and she [was his] only child
<03173>_;

beside her he had neither son
<01121>

nor
<0176>

daughter
<01323>_.

{beside...: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself}

11:35

And it came to pass, when he saw
<07200> (8800)

her, that he rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Alas
<0162>_,

my daughter
<01323>_!

thou hast brought
<03766> (0)

me very
<03766> (8689)

low
<03766> (8687)_,

and thou art one of them that trouble
<05916> (8802)

me: for I have opened
<06475> (8804)

my mouth
<06310>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and I cannot
<03201> (8799)

go back
<07725> (8800)_.

11:36

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, My father
<01>_,

[if] thou hast opened
<06475> (8804)

thy mouth
<06310>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

do
<06213> (8798)

to me according to that which
<0834>

hath proceeded
<03318> (8804)

out of thy mouth
<06310>_;

forasmuch
<0310>

as the LORD
<03068>

hath taken
<06213> (8804)

vengeance
<05360>

for thee of thine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

[even] of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_.

11:37

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto her father
<01>_,

Let this thing
<01697>

be done
<06213> (8735)

for me: let me alone
<07503> (8685)

two
<08147>

months
<02320>_,

that I may go up
<03212> (8799)

and down
<03381> (8804)

upon the mountains
<02022>_,

and bewail
<01058> (8799)

my virginity
<01331>_,

I and my fellows
<07464> (8675) <07474>_.

{go up...: Heb. go and go down}

11:38

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_.

And he sent her away
<07971> (8799)

[for] two
<08147>

months
<02320>_:

and she went
<03212> (8799)

with her companions
<07464>_,

and bewailed
<01058> (8799)

her virginity
<01331>

upon the mountains
<02022>_.

11:39

And it came to pass at the end
<07093>

of two
<08147>

months
<02320>_,

that she returned
<07725> (8799)

unto her father
<01>_,

who did
<06213> (8799)

with her [according] to his vow
<05088>

which he had vowed
<05087> (8804)_:

and she knew
<03045> (8804)

no man
<0376>_.

And it was a custom
<02706>

in Israel
<03478>_,

{custom: or, ordinance}

11:40

[That] the daughters
<01323>

of Israel
<03478>

went
<03212> (8799)

yearly
<03117> <03117>

to lament
<08567> (8763)

the daughter
<01323>

of Jephthah
<03316>

the Gileadite
<01569>

four
<0702>

days
<03117>

in a year
<08141>_.

{yearly: Heb. from year to year} {to lament: or, to talk with}

12:1

And the men
<0376>

of Ephraim
<0669>

gathered themselves together
<06817> (8735)_,

and went
<05674> (8799)

northward
<06828>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jephthah
<03316>_,

Wherefore passedst thou over
<05674> (8804)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

against the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

and didst not call
<07121> (8804)

us to go
<03212> (8800)

with thee? we will burn
<08313> (8799)

thine house
<01004>

upon thee with fire
<0784>_.

{gathered...: Heb. were called}

12:2

And Jephthah
<03316>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, I and my people
<05971>

were
<01961> (8804)

at great
<03966>

strife
<0376> <07379>

with the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_;

and when I called
<02199> (8799)

you, ye delivered
<03467> (8689)

me not out of their hands
<03027>_.

12:3

And when I saw
<07200> (8799)

that ye delivered
<03467> (8688)

[me] not, I put
<07760> (8799)

my life
<05315>

in my hands
<03709>_,

and passed over
<05674> (8799)

against the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

delivered
<05414> (8799)

them into my hand
<03027>_:

wherefore then are ye come up
<05927> (8804)

unto me this day
<03117>_,

to fight
<03898> (8736)

against me?

12:4

Then Jephthah
<03316>

gathered together
<06908> (8799)

all the men
<0582>

of Gilead
<01568>_,

and fought
<03898> (8735)

with Ephraim
<0669>_:

and the men
<0582>

of Gilead
<01568>

smote
<05221> (8686)

Ephraim
<0669>_,

because they said
<0559> (8804)_,

Ye Gileadites
<01568>

[are] fugitives
<06412>

of Ephraim
<0669>

among
<08432>

the Ephraimites
<0669>_,

[and] among
<08432>

the Manassites
<04519>_.

12:5

And the Gileadites
<01568>

took
<03920> (8799)

the passages
<04569>

of Jordan
<03383>

before the Ephraimites
<0669>_:

and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites
<0669>

which were escaped
<06412>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let me go over
<05674> (8799)_;

that the men
<0582>

of Gilead
<01568>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite
<0673>_?

If he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Nay;

12:6

Then said
<0559> (8799)

they unto him, Say
<0559> (8798)

now Shibboleth
<07641>_:

and he said
<0559> (8799)

Sibboleth
<05451>_:

for he could not frame
<03559> (0)

to pronounce
<01696> (8763)

[it] right
<03559> (8686)_.

Then they took
<0270> (8799)

him, and slew
<07819> (8799)

him at the passages
<04569>

of Jordan
<03383>_:

and there fell
<05307> (8799)

at that time
<06256>

of the Ephraimites
<0669>

forty
<0705>

and two
<08147>

thousand
<0505>_.

12:7

And Jephthah
<03316>

judged
<08199> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

six
<08337>

years
<08141>_.

Then died
<04191> (8799)

Jephthah
<03316>

the Gileadite
<01569>_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in [one of] the cities
<05892>

of Gilead
<01568>_.