called *Hāʼvoth-jā'ir unto this from the 'children of Am'mon, see footnote, Time,

harlot: and Gil'e-ăd begat we do not so according to thy see footnote, Time, Jěph'thah.

2 And Gil'e-ǎd's wife bare him 11 Then *Jěph'thah went with
sons; and his wife's sons grew the elders of Gil'e-ăd, and the
people made him head and cap-
tain over them: and Jěph'thah
uttered all his words before the
LORD in Miz'peh.

up, and they 'thrust out Jěph'-
thah, and said unto him, Thou
shalt not inherit in our father's
house; for thou art the son of 'a
strange woman.
12 And *Jěph'thah 'sent
3 Then *Jeph'thah fled from 'messengers unto the king of
his brethren, and dwelt in the the children of Am'mon, saying,
What hast thou to do with me, Ambassadors,
that thou art come against me
to fight in my land?

cor. Ish-tob, 2 Sam. land of "Tob: and there were
gathered vain men to Jeph'-
thah, and went out with him.
4¶ And it came to pass in pro-
cess of time, that the children
of Ăm'mon made war against
Iş'ra-el.

B.C. 1143?

See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6,

21.

19

20

R. V. border:

of Mō'ab, and pitched on the
other side of "Är'non, but came
not within the border of Mo'ab:
for Är'non was the border of
Mō'ab.

ye

not

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See footnote, Time,

Rev. 10:6.

years? why therefore did
recover them within that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned
against thee, but thou doest me
wrong to war against me: the a God, judge, Gen.
LORD the "Judge be judge this
day between the children of Is'-

19 And Iş'ra-el sent messen-
gers unto "Si'hon king of the
Am'ôr-ites, the king of Hesh'-ra-el and the children of Am'mon.

2:2.

27

29

spiration of, Acts 1:2.

c Gilead, Deut. 3:13.

Sthon, Num. 21: bon; and Iş'ra-el said unto him, 28 Howbeit the king of the Let us pass, we pray thee, children of Am'mon hearkened through thy land into my place. not unto the words of *Jěph'20 But "Si'hon trusted not Is'- thah which he sent him. ra-el to pass through his 'coast: 29¶Then the 'Spirit of the but Si'hon gathered all his peo- LORD came upon *Jěph'thah, Holy Spirit, inple together, and pitched in Ja'- and he passed over Gil'e-ăd, hăz, and fought against Iş'ra-el. and "Ma-năs'seh, and passed 21 And the "LORD God of Is'-over Miz'peh of Gil'e-ăd, and a Manasseh, tribe ra-el delivered "Si'hon and all from Miz'peh of Gil'e-ăd he his people into the hand of Is'ra-el, and they smote them: so Iş'ra-el possessed all the land of the "Am'ôr-ites, the inhabitants of that country.

21

↑ God, providence of, Gen. 2:2. Amorites, Gen. 14:13.

passed over unto the children
of Am'mon.

of, Gen. 46:20. e Ammonites, Deut. 2:20.

30

f Zeal, exemplified, 2 Cor. 7:11.

g Rashness, instances of, 2 Sam.

30 And *Jěph'thah 1.vowed a "vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Am'mon into vows, rash, mine hands,

31 Then it shall be, that what-
soever cometh forth of the doors
of my house to meet me, when I
return in peace from the children
of Am'mon, 'shall surely be the
LORD's, and I will offer it up
for a 'burnt offering.

32 So *Jeph'thah passed over
unto the children of Am'mon to
fight against them; and the LORD
delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from
'Ăr'ŏ-ēr, even till thou come to
Min'nith, even twenty cities, and
unto the plain of the vineyards,
with a very great slaughter.
Thus the children of Ăm'mon
were subdued before the chil-
dren of Is'ra-el.

6:7.

JAHAZ (a place trodden down), called also JAHAZA, of the Amorites, defeated at, Num. 21:23; Deut. 2:32; Judg. JAHAZAH, and JAHZAH. A Levitical city in Reuben, taken 11:20. from the Moabites, Josh. 13:18; 21:36; Isa. 15:4; Jer. 48:21. CHEMOSH. An idol of the Moabites, 1 Kin. 11:7, 33; Given to the sons of Merari, 1 Chr. 6:78. Shon, king 2 Kin. 23:13, 21; Jer. 48:7, 13, 46; Judg. 11:24.

B.C. 1143?

See footnote, Time, only child; beside her he had and

Rev. 10:6.

2:5.

35

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said unto Jephthah, see footnote. Time

Rev. 10:6.

11:1.

e Ammonites, Deut. 2:20.

neither son nor daughter. Wherefore passedst thou over to
35 And it came to pass, when fight against the children of a Jephthah, Judg.
he saw her, that he rent his Am'mon, and didst not call us
clothes, and said, Alas, my to go with thee? we will burn
thine house upon thee with fire.
2 And Jeph'thah said unto
them, I and my 'people were at
great 'strife with the children
of Am'mon; and when I called
you, ye delivered me not out of
their hands.

q Mourning, Lam. 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 'chil-
dren of Am'mon.

36

↑ Children, good, Mark 10:14.

40

4 R. V. celebrate

1

a Jealousy, Psa. 78:58.

b Citizens, wicked

and treasonable, Luke 15:15.

c Ephraim, tribe

01. Gen. 41:52.

*FUGITIVES.

23:15, 16.

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 İş'ra-el,

40 That the daughters of Is'ra-el went yearly to 'lament the daughter of Jeph'thah the Gil'e-ǎd-ite four days in a year.

CHAPTER 12

The Ephraimites, quarreling with Jeph-
thah, are detected by the word Shibboleth,
and slain by the Gileadites. 7 Jephthah
dies.

8 Ibzan, 11 Elon, 13 and Abdon,

successively judge Israel.

2

f Israel, under the judges, Ex. 4:2 9 Strife, instances of, vs. 1-6; Pro 20:3.

3

of, Gen. 2:2.

3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Am'-h God, providence mon, and the "LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? 4 Then Jeph'thah gathered together all the men of 'Gil'e-ăd, and fought with *E'phrǎ-îm: and the men of Gil'e-ăd smote É'phră-im, because they said, Ye Gil'e-ăd-ites are *fugitives of E'phră-im among the E'phrăIm-ites, and among the Mȧnăs'sītes.

5 And the Gil'e-ǎd'ites took the passages of 'Jôr'dan before the *E'phră-Im'ites: and it was so, that when those E'phră-Im-ites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gil'e-ăd said unto him, Art thou an E'phrǎ-im-ite? If he said, Nay; 6 mThen said they unto him, Say now Shib'bo-lěth: and he said Sib'bo-leth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of 'Jôr'dan: and there fell at that time of the E'phră-im-ītes forty and two

thousand.

ND "the men of Ephrǎ- 7 And Jeph'thah judged Im gathered themselves "Is'ra-el six years. Then died together, and went northward, Jeph'thah the Gil'e-ad-īte, and

From servitude, not to be returned, Deut.

From slavery: Shimel's servants, 1 Kin. 2:39; Onesimus. Philemon 10.

From justice: Moses, Ex. 2:15; Absalom, 2 Sam. 34-38.

From the wrath of the king: David, 1 Sam. 21:10; 27 Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 11:40; Joseph, to Egupt, Matt. 2:13-15.

B.C. 1130?

Gil'e-ǎd.

8 And after him "Ib'zăn of "Beth'-le-hěm judged Iş'ra-el. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his And he judged Iş'ra-el

sons.

5 For, lo, thou shalt 'conceive, and bear a son; and no razork Wine, admonishall come on his head: for the "child shall be a "Năz'a-rite unto God from the womb: and Shaving, Ezek. he shall begin to deliver İş'ra-el out of the hand of the "Philis'tines.

6¶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man

seven years. 10 Then died Ib'zăn, and was buried at "Beth'-lě-hěm. 11 ¶ And after him 'E'lon, a Zěb'u-lon-ite, judged "Is'ra-el; of God came unto me, and his and he judged Iş'ra-el ten years. countenance was like the coun12 And E'lon the Zeb'u-lon-ite tenance of an "angel of God, died, and was buried in Aij'a-lon very terrible: but I asked him ↑ Zebulun, tribe of. in the country of 'Zeb'u-lun. not whence he was, neither told 13¶ And after him 'Ab'don the he me his name: son of Hil'lel, a Pir'a-thon-ite, judged "Is'ra-el.

12

Gen. 49:13.

B.C. 1120?

e Zorah, Josh. 19: the 'Dăn'ītes, whose name was Mâ-nō'ah; and his wife was 'barren, and bare not.

Dan, tribe of
Gen. 30:6.

g Barrenness,
Deut, 7:14.

3

A Angel, appearances of, Heb. 1:13.

3 And the "angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but

Conception, Gen. thou shalt 'conceive, and bear a

21:2.

son.

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt 'conceive, and bear a son; and now 'drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a "Naz'a-rite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8¶ Then Ma-nō'ah 'intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

9 And God hearkened to the voice of Mă-nō'ah; and the "angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Ma-nō'ah her husband was not with her.

10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

44:20.

m Children, dedicated to God, Mark 10:14.

n Nazarile, Num. 6:2.

8

o Prayer, answered, Acts 6:4.

11 And Ma-nō'ah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. 1 R. V. what shall 12 And Ma-nō'ah said, Now let

4 Now therefore beware, I pray thy words come to pass. 1How

12

be the manner of the child, and

what shall be his work?