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Judges 11:32 KJV
Judges · chapter 11 · verse 32
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.Judges 11:32 · King James Version
Judges 11:32 in context
30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31Then 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.
32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
33And 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.
34And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliverednâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- JephthahYiphtâchJiphtach, an IsraeliteH3316 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
- fightlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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We have here Jephthah triumphing in a glorious victory, but, as an alloy to his joy, troubled and distressed by an unadvised vow. I. Jephthah's victory was clear, and shines very brightly, both to his honour and to the honour of God, his in pleading and God's in owning a righteous cause. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-40