Judges 11:33-35
Lexham English Bible
33 And he defeated them with a very great blow, from Aroer as far as Minnith, twenty towns,[a] up to Abel Keramim. And the Ammonites[b] were subdued before the Israelites.[c]
34 Jephthah came to Mizpah, to his house, and behold his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and dancing. She was his only child; he did not have a son or daughter except her. 35 And the moment he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Ah! My daughter, you have caused me to bow down, and you have become my trouble. I made an oath[d] to Yahweh, and I cannot take it back.”
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- Judges 11:33 Hebrew “town”
- Judges 11:33 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Judges 11:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Judges 11:35 Literally “I have opened wide my mouth”
Judges 11:33-35
New International Version
33 He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith,(A) as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.
34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing(B) to the sound of timbrels!(C) She was an only child.(D) Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes(E) and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.(F)”
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