1	Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot# # : and Gilead begat# Jephthah. [Jephthah: Gr. Jephthae] [an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot]
			2	And 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.
			3	Then 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. from: Heb. from the face +RF of[ ]
			4	And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war# against Israel. [in process...: Heb. after days]
			5	And 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:
			6	And they said# unto Jephthah, Come# , and be our captain, that we may fight# with the children of Ammon.
			7	And 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	And 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	And 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?
			10	And the elders of Gilead said# unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness# between us, if we do# not so according to thy words. [witness...: Heb. the hearer between us]
			11	Then 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.
			12	And 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?
			13	And 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.
			14	And Jephthah sent# messengers again# unto the king of the children of Ammon:
			15	And said# unto him, Thus saith# Jephthah, Israel took not away# the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
			16	But when Israel came up# from Egypt, and walked# through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came# to Kadesh;
			17	Then 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.
			18	Then 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.
			19	And 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.
			20	But Sihon trusted# not Israel to pass# through his coast: but Sihon gathered# all his people together# , and pitched# in Jahaz, and fought# against Israel.
			21	And 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	And they possessed# all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
			23	So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed# the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess# it?
			24	Wilt 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# .
			25	And 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,
			26	While 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?
			27	Wherefore 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.
			28	Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened# not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent# him.
			29	Then 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.
			30	And Jephthah vowed# a vow unto the LORD, and said# , If thou shalt without fail# deliver# the children of Ammon into mine hands,
			31	Then 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. [whatsoever...: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth] [and...: or, or I will offer it, etc]
			32	So Jephthah passed over# unto the children of Ammon to fight# against them; and the LORD delivered# them into his hands.
			33	And 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. [the plain: or, Abel]
			34	And 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. [beside...: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself]
			35	And 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# .
			36	And 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.
			37	And 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# # . [go up...: Heb. go and go down]
			38	And 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	And 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, [custom: or, ordinance]
			40	That the daughters of Israel went# yearly# to lament# the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. [yearly: Heb. from year to year] [to lament: or, to talk with]