Jephthah — Симфония — New Living Translation

Heb 11:32

How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.

Judg 11:1

1 Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.

Judg 11:2

Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father’s inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”

Judg 11:3

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.

Judg 11:5

When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.

Judg 11:7

But Jephthah said to them, “Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”

Judg 11:9

Jephthah said to the elders, “Let me get this straight. If I come with you and if the LORD gives me victory over the Ammonites, will you really make me ruler over all the people?”

Judg 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the army. At Mizpah, in the presence of the LORD, Jephthah repeated what he had said to the elders.

Judg 11:12

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon, asking, “Why have you come out to fight against my land?”

Judg 11:13

The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”

Judg 11:14

Jephthah sent this message back to the Ammonite king:

Judg 11:15

“This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.

Judg 11:28

But the king of Ammon paid no attention to Jephthah’s message.

Judg 11:29

29 At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites.

Judg 11:30

And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites,

Judg 11:32

So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory.

Judg 11:34

When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

Judg 11:38

“You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children.

Judg 11:40

for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

Judg 12:1

1 Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent this message to Jephthah: “Why didn’t you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? We are going to burn down your house with you in it!”

Judg 12:2

Jephthah replied, “I summoned you at the beginning of the dispute, but you refused to come! You failed to help us in our struggle against Ammon.

Judg 12:4

The people of Ephraim responded, “You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh.” So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.

Judg 12:5

Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. “Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said, “No, I’m not,”

Judg 12:7

Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.

Judg 12:8

8 After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.

1Sam 12:11

Then the LORD sent Gideon, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel to save you, and you lived in safety.

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