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Judges 11

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  1. 1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.6 cross-references: Hebrews 11:32, 2 Kings 5:1, Judges 6:12
  2. 2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.8 cross-references: Deuteronomy 23:2, Genesis 12:10, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 6:24–26
  3. 3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.12 cross-references: Judges 9:4, 1 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 10:8, Job 30:1–10, 2 Samuel 10:6
  4. 4And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.3 cross-references: Judges 10:9
  5. 5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:10 cross-references: 1 Samuel 11:12, 1 Corinthians 1:27–29, Psalms 118:22–23, Acts 7:35–39, Judges 10:17–18
  6. 6And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
  7. 7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?8 cross-references: Genesis 26:27, Revelation 3:9, Genesis 45:4–5, Isaiah 60:14, Proverbs 17:17
  8. 8And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.9 cross-references: Judges 10:18, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 9:28
  9. 9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?2 cross-references: Numbers 32:20–29
  10. 10And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.18 cross-references: Jeremiah 42:5, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 16:5, Jeremiah 29:23, Malachi 3:5
  11. 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.20 cross-references: 1 Samuel 10:17, Judges 20:1, Judges 10:17, James 1:5, James 1:17
  12. 12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?12 cross-references: Deuteronomy 2:26, Matthew 18:15–16, Proverbs 25:8–9, 2 Kings 14:8–12, Deuteronomy 20:10–11
  13. 13And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.11 cross-references: Genesis 32:22, Numbers 21:24–26, Deuteronomy 2:37, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 19:5
  14. 14And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:4 cross-references: Romans 12:18, Psalms 120:7, 1 Peter 3:11, Hebrews 12:14
  15. 15And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:10 cross-references: Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19, Numbers 21:27–30, Numbers 21:13–15, 2 Chronicles 20:10
  16. 16But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;10 cross-references: Numbers 14:25, Deuteronomy 1:40, Numbers 20:1, Numbers 13:26, Deuteronomy 1:46
  17. 17Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.8 cross-references: Numbers 20:14–21, Numbers 20:1, Deuteronomy 2:29, Deuteronomy 2:4–9, Joshua 24:9
  18. 18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.16 cross-references: Deuteronomy 2:1–8, Numbers 33:37–44, Numbers 22:36, Numbers 21:4–13, Numbers 20:22
  19. 19And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.6 cross-references: Joshua 13:8–12, Deuteronomy 2:26–36, Numbers 21:21–35, Deuteronomy 3:1–17
  20. 20But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.11 cross-references: Joshua 13:15–32, Psalms 136:17–21, Nehemiah 9:22, Psalms 135:10–12, Numbers 21:23–25
  21. 21And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
  22. 22And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.2 cross-references: Deuteronomy 2:36
  23. 23So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
  24. 24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.21 cross-references: Numbers 21:29, Micah 4:5, Psalms 78:55, 1 Kings 11:7, Joshua 3:10
  25. 25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,7 cross-references: Micah 6:5, Joshua 24:9–10, Deuteronomy 23:3–4, Numbers 22:2–21
  26. 26While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?19 cross-references: Deuteronomy 2:36, Judges 3:11, Deuteronomy 2:24, Numbers 21:25–30, Judges 8:28
  27. 27Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.27 cross-references: 1 Samuel 24:15, 1 Samuel 24:12, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 31:53
  28. 28Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.2 cross-references: 2 Kings 14:11, Proverbs 16:18
  29. 29Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.18 cross-references: Numbers 11:25, Judges 3:10, Judges 13:25, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Judges 6:34
  30. 30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,17 cross-references: Genesis 28:20, 1 Samuel 1:11, Ecclesiastes 5:4–5, Ecclesiastes 5:1–2, Numbers 30:2–16
  31. 31Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.17 cross-references: Psalms 66:13–14, Isaiah 66:3, Leviticus 27:28–29, 1 Samuel 1:28, Leviticus 27:11–12
  32. 32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.3 cross-references: Judges 2:18, Judges 1:4, Judges 3:10
  33. 33And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.3 cross-references: Ezekiel 27:17, Deuteronomy 2:36
  34. 34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.24 cross-references: Jeremiah 31:4, Exodus 15:20, Judges 11:11, Judges 10:17, Psalms 68:25
  35. 35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.25 cross-references: Genesis 37:34–35, Judges 21:1–7, Matthew 14:7–9, Psalms 15:4, Genesis 37:29–30
  36. 36And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.9 cross-references: Romans 16:4, 2 Samuel 18:19, Philippians 2:30, Acts 21:13, 2 Samuel 18:31
  37. 37And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.2 cross-references: Luke 1:25, 1 Samuel 1:6
  38. 38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
  39. 39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,15 cross-references: Judges 11:31, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 1:28, Leviticus 27:28–29, Isaiah 66:3
  40. 40That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.2 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:25, Judges 5:11

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People in Judges 11

Jephthah, God, Moab, Sihon, Esau, Jacob, Gilead, Gilead, Chemosh, Balak, Zippor, Manasseh, Holy Spirit

Places in Judges 11

Gilead, Arnon, Moab, Mizpah, Tob, Jabbok, Jordan, Egypt, Kadesh, Edom, Heshbon, Ammon, Red Sea, Jahaz, Aroer, Minnith, Abel-keramim, Aroer

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