Judges 11:25   (Read all of Judges 11)

Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them?

Judges 11:26   (Read all of Judges 11)

For three hundred years Israel occupied Heshbon, Aroer, the surrounding settlements and all the towns along the Arnon. Why didn't you retake them during that time?

Judges 11:27   (Read all of Judges 11)

I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. Let the Lord, the Judge, decide the dispute this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites."

Judges 11:30   (Read all of Judges 11)

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: "If you give the Ammonites into my hands,

Judges 11:35   (Read all of Judges 11)

When he saw her, he tore his clothes 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."

Judges 11:36   (Read all of Judges 11)

"My father," she replied, "you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, now that the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.

Judges 11:38   (Read all of Judges 11)

"You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.

Judges 11:40   (Read all of Judges 11)

that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Judges 12:1   (Read all of Judges 12)

The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We're going to burn down your house over your head."

Judges 12:2   (Read all of Judges 12)

Jephthah answered, "I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn't save me out of their hands.

Judges 12:3   (Read all of Judges 12)

When I saw that you wouldn't help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?"

Judges 12:4   (Read all of Judges 12)

Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh."

Judges 12:5   (Read all of Judges 12)

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he replied, "No,"

Judges 12:9   (Read all of Judges 12)

He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.

Judges 13:3   (Read all of Judges 13)

The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, "You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.

Judges 13:4   (Read all of Judges 13)

Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.

Judges 13:5   (Read all of Judges 13)

You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines."

Judges 13:7   (Read all of Judges 13)

But he said to me, 'You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.' "

Judges 13:8   (Read all of Judges 13)

Then Manoah prayed to the Lord: "Pardon your servant, Lord. I beg you to let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born."

Judges 13:11   (Read all of Judges 13)

Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the man who talked to my wife?" "I am," he said.

Judges 13:12   (Read all of Judges 13)

So Manoah asked him, "When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy's life and work?"

Judges 13:13   (Read all of Judges 13)

The angel of the Lord answered, "Your wife must do all that I have told her.

Judges 13:15   (Read all of Judges 13)

Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you."

Judges 13:16   (Read all of Judges 13)

The angel of the Lord replied, "Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord." (Manoah did not realize that it was the angel of the Lord.)