King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now Jephthah[H3316] the Gileadite[H1569] was[H1961] a mighty man[H1368] of valor,[H2428] and he[H1931] was the son[H1121] of a harlot:[H802] [H2181] and Gilead[H1568] begot[H3205] [H853] Jephthah.[H3316]

2. And Gilead's[H1568] wife[H802] bore[H3205] him sons;[H1121] and his wife's[H802] sons[H1121] grew up,[H1431] and they thrust out[H1644] [H853] Jephthah,[H3316] and said[H559] unto him, Thou shalt not[H3808] inherit[H5157] in our father's[H1] house;[H1004] for[H3588] thou[H859] art the son[H1121] of a strange[H312] woman.[H802]

3. Then Jephthah[H3316] fled[H1272] from[H4480] [H6440] his brethren,[H251] and dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776] of Tob:[H2897] and there were gathered[H3950] vain[H7386] men[H376] to[H413] Jephthah,[H3316] and went out[H3318] with[H5973] him.

4. And it came to pass[H1961] in process of time,[H4480] [H3117] that the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] made war[H3898] against[H5973] Israel.[H3478]

5. And it was[H1961] so, that when[H834] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] made war[H3898] against[H5973] Israel,[H3478] the elders[H2205] of Gilead[H1568] went[H1980] to fetch[H3947] [H853] Jephthah[H3316] out of the land[H4480] [H776] of Tob: [H2897]

6. And they said[H559] unto Jephthah,[H3316] Come,[H1980] and be[H1961] our captain,[H7101] that we may fight[H3898] with the children[H1121] of Ammon.[H5983]

7. And Jephthah[H3316] said[H559] unto the elders[H2205] of Gilead,[H1568] Did not[H3808] ye[H859] hate[H8130] me, and expel[H1644] me out of my father's[H1] house?[H4480] [H1004] and why[H4069] are ye come[H935] unto[H413] me now[H6258] when[H834] ye are in distress?[H6862]

8. And the elders[H2205] of Gilead[H1568] said[H559] unto[H413] Jephthah,[H3316] Therefore[H3651] we turn again[H7725] to[H413] thee now,[H6258] that thou mayest go[H1980] with[H5973] us, and fight[H3898] against the children[H1121] of Ammon,[H5983] and be[H1961] our head[H7218] over all[H3605] the inhabitants[H3427] of Gilead.[H1568]

9. And Jephthah[H3316] said[H559] unto[H413] the elders[H2205] of Gilead,[H1568] If[H518] ye[H859] bring me home again[H7725] [H853] to fight[H3898] against the children[H1121] of Ammon,[H5983] and the LORD[H3068] deliver[H5414] them before[H6440] me, shall I[H595] be[H1961] your head?[H7218]

10. And the elders[H2205] of Gilead[H1568] said[H559] unto[H413] Jephthah,[H3316] The LORD[H3068] be[H1961] witness[H8085] between[H996] us, if[H518] we do[H6213] not[H3808] so[H3651] according to thy words.[H1697]

11. Then Jephthah[H3316] went[H1980] with[H5973] the elders[H2205] of Gilead,[H1568] and the people[H5971] made[H7760] him head[H7218] and captain[H7101] over[H5921] them: and Jephthah[H3316] uttered[H1696] [H853] all[H3605] his words[H1697] before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] in Mizpeh.[H4709]

12. And Jephthah[H3316] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto[H413] the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon,[H5983] saying,[H559] What[H4100] hast thou to do with me, that[H3588] thou art come[H935] against[H413] me to fight[H3898] in my land?[H776]

13. And the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] answered[H559] unto[H413] the messengers[H4397] of Jephthah,[H3316] Because[H3588] Israel[H3478] took away[H3947] [H853] my land,[H776] when they came up[H5927] out of Egypt,[H4480] [H4714] from Arnon[H4480] [H769] even unto[H5704] Jabbok,[H2999] and unto[H5704] Jordan:[H3383] now[H6258] therefore restore those lands again[H7725] [H853] peaceably.[H7965]

14. And Jephthah[H3316] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] again[H3254] [H5750] unto[H413] the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon: [H5983]

15. And said[H559] unto him, Thus[H3541] saith[H559] Jephthah,[H3316] Israel[H3478] took not away[H3947] [H3808] [H853] the land[H776] of Moab,[H4124] nor the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of Ammon: [H5983]

16. But[H3588] when Israel[H3478] came up[H5927] from Egypt,[H4480] [H4714] and walked[H1980] through the wilderness[H4057] unto[H5704] the Red[H5488] sea,[H3220] and came[H935] to Kadesh;[H6946]

17. Then Israel[H3478] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto[H413] the king[H4428] of Edom,[H123] saying,[H559] Let me, I pray thee,[H4994] pass[H5674] through thy land:[H776] but the king[H4428] of Edom[H123] would not[H3808] hearken[H8085] thereto. And in like manner[H1571] they sent[H7971] unto[H413] the king[H4428] of Moab:[H4124] but he would[H14] not[H3808] consent: and Israel[H3478] abode[H3427] in Kadesh.[H6946]

18. Then they went along[H1980] through the wilderness,[H4057] and compassed[H5437] [H853] the land[H776] of Edom,[H123] and the land[H776] of Moab,[H4124] and came[H935] by the east side[H4480] [H4217] [H8121] of the land[H776] of Moab,[H4124] and pitched[H2583] on the other side[H5676] of Arnon,[H769] but came[H935] not[H3808] within the border[H1366] of Moab:[H4124] for[H3588] Arnon[H769] was the border[H1366] of Moab.[H4124]

19. And Israel[H3478] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto[H413] Sihon[H5511] king[H4428] of the Amorites,[H567] the king[H4428] of Heshbon;[H2809] and Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto him, Let us pass,[H5674] we pray thee,[H4994] through thy land[H776] into[H5704] my place.[H4725]

20. But Sihon[H5511] trusted[H539] not[H3808] [H853] Israel[H3478] to pass[H5674] through his coast:[H1366] but Sihon[H5511] gathered all his people together,[H622] [H853] [H3605] [H5971] and pitched[H2583] in Jahaz,[H3096] and fought[H3898] against[H5973] Israel.[H3478]

21. And the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] delivered[H5414] [H853] Sihon[H5511] and all[H3605] his people[H5971] into the hand[H3027] of Israel,[H3478] and they smote[H5221] them: so Israel[H3478] possessed[H3423] [H853] all[H3605] the land[H776] of the Amorites,[H567] the inhabitants[H3427] of that[H1931] country.[H776]

22. And they possessed[H3423] [H853] all[H3605] the coasts[H1366] of the Amorites,[H567] from Arnon[H4480] [H769] even unto[H5704] Jabbok,[H2999] and from[H4480] the wilderness[H4057] even unto[H5704] Jordan.[H3383]

23. So now[H6258] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] hath dispossessed[H3423] [H853] the Amorites[H567] from before[H4480] [H6440] his people[H5971] Israel,[H3478] and shouldest thou[H859] possess[H3423] it?

24. Wilt not[H3808] thou possess[H3423] [H853] that which[H834] Chemosh[H3645] thy god[H430] giveth thee to possess?[H3423] So whomsoever[H3605] [H834] the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] shall drive out[H3423] from before[H4480] [H6440] us, them will we possess.[H3423]

25. And now[H6258] art thou[H859] any thing better[H2896] [H2896] than Balak[H4480] [H1111] the son[H1121] of Zippor,[H6834] king[H4428] of Moab?[H4124] did he ever strive[H7378] [H7378] against[H5973] Israel,[H3478] or[H518] did he ever fight[H3898] [H3898] against them,

26. While Israel[H3478] dwelt[H3427] in Heshbon[H2809] and her towns,[H1323] and in Aroer[H6177] and her towns,[H1323] and in all[H3605] the cities[H5892] that[H834] be along by[H5921] the coasts[H3027] of Arnon,[H769] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] years?[H8141] why[H4069] therefore did ye not[H3808] recover[H5337] them within that[H1931] time?[H6256]

27. Wherefore I[H595] have not[H3808] sinned[H2398] against thee, but thou[H859] doest[H6213] me wrong[H7451] to war[H3898] against me: the LORD[H3068] the Judge[H8199] be judge[H8199] this day[H3117] between[H996] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] and the children[H1121] of Ammon.[H5983]

28. Howbeit the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] hearkened[H8085] not[H3808] unto[H413] the words[H1697] of Jephthah[H3316] which[H834] he sent[H7971] [H413] him.

29. Then the Spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068] came[H1961] upon[H5921] Jephthah,[H3316] and he passed over[H5674] [H853] Gilead,[H1568] and Manasseh,[H4519] and passed over[H5674] [H853] Mizpeh[H4708] of Gilead,[H1568] and from Mizpeh[H4480] [H4708] of Gilead[H1568] he passed over[H5674] unto the children[H1121] of Ammon.[H5983]

30. And Jephthah[H3316] vowed[H5087] a vow[H5088] unto the LORD,[H3068] and said,[H559] If[H518] thou shalt without fail deliver[H5414] [H5414] [H853] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] into mine hands,[H3027]

31. Then it shall be,[H1961] that whatsoever[H834] cometh forth[H3318] of the doors[H4480] [H1817] of my house[H1004] to meet[H7125] me, when I return[H7725] in peace[H7965] from the children[H4480] [H1121] of Ammon,[H5983] shall surely be[H1961] the LORD's,[H3068] and I will offer it up[H5927] for a burnt offering.[H5930]

32. So Jephthah[H3316] passed over[H5674] unto[H413] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] to fight[H3898] against them; and the LORD[H3068] delivered[H5414] them into his hands.[H3027]

33. And he smote[H5221] them from Aroer,[H4480] [H6177] even till[H5704] thou come[H935] to Minnith,[H4511] even twenty[H6242] cities,[H5892] and unto[H5704] the plain[H58] of the vineyards,[H3754] with a very[H3966] great[H1419] slaughter.[H4347] Thus the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] were subdued[H3665] before[H4480] [H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel.[H3478]

34. And Jephthah[H3316] came[H935] to Mizpeh[H4709] unto[H413] his house,[H1004] and, behold,[H2009] his daughter[H1323] came out[H3318] to meet[H7125] him with timbrels[H8596] and with dances:[H4246] and she[H1931] was his only child;[H3173] beside[H4480] her he had neither[H369] son[H1121] nor[H176] daughter.[H1323]

35. And it came to pass,[H1961] when he saw[H7200] her, that he rent[H7167] [H853] his clothes,[H899] and said,[H559] Alas,[H162] my daughter![H1323] thou hast brought me very low,[H3766] [H3766] and thou[H859] art[H1961] one of them that trouble[H5916] me: for I[H595] have opened[H6475] my mouth[H6310] unto[H413] the LORD,[H3068] and I cannot[H3808] [H3201] go back.[H7725]

36. And she said[H559] unto[H413] him, My father,[H1] if thou hast opened[H6475] [H853] thy mouth[H6310] unto[H413] the LORD,[H3068] do[H6213] to me according to that which[H834] hath proceeded out[H3318] of thy mouth;[H4480] [H6310] forasmuch[H310] [H834] as the LORD[H3068] hath taken[H6213] vengeance[H5360] for thee of thine enemies,[H4480] [H341] even of the children[H4480] [H1121] of Ammon.[H5983]

37. And she said[H559] unto[H413] her father,[H1] Let this[H2088] thing[H1697] be done[H6213] for me: let me alone[H7503] [H4480] two[H8147] months,[H2320] that I may go up[H1980] and down[H3381] upon[H5921] the mountains,[H2022] and bewail[H1058] [H5921] my virginity,[H1331] I[H595] and my fellows.[H7464]

38. And he said,[H559] Go.[H1980] And he sent her away[H7971] [H853] for two[H8147] months:[H2320] and she[H1931] went[H1980] with her companions,[H7464] and bewailed[H1058] [H5921] her virginity[H1331] upon[H5921] the mountains.[H2022]

39. And it came to pass[H1961] at the end[H4480] [H7093] of two[H8147] months,[H2320] that she returned[H7725] unto[H413] her father,[H1] who did[H6213] with her according to[H853] his vow[H5088] which[H834] he had vowed:[H5087] and she[H1931] knew[H3045] no[H3808] man.[H376] And it was[H1961] a custom[H2706] in Israel,[H3478]

40. That the daughters[H1323] of Israel[H3478] went[H1980] yearly[H4480] [H3117] [H3117] to lament[H8567] the daughter[H1323] of Jephthah[H3316] the Gileadite[H1569] four[H702] days[H3117] in a year.[H8141]