Quotes about Jephthah
But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
— Judges 11:28
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
— Judges 11:29
Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
— Judges 11:30
So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
— Judges 11:32
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
— Judges 11:34
As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
— Judges 11:35
that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
— Judges 11:40
Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
— Judges 12:1
But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
— Judges 12:2
Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
— Judges 12:4
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
— Judges 12:7
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
— Judges 12:8