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Judges 11:33-35
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33 He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith—twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim. He wiped them out![a] The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.[b]

34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out[c] to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines.[d] She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter. 35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me![e] You have brought me disaster![f] I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.”[g]

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  1. Judges 11:33 tn Heb “with a very great slaughter.”
  2. Judges 11:33 tn Heb “The Ammonites were humbled before the Israelites.”
  3. Judges 11:34 tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”
  4. Judges 11:34 tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”
  5. Judges 11:35 tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.
  6. Judges 11:35 tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”
  7. Judges 11:35 tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”
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