07:010:012 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites,
and the Maonites, did
oppress
you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of
their
hand.
07:010:013 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other
gods: wherefore I
will
deliver you no more.
07:010:014 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have
chosen; let them
deliver
you in the time of your tribulation.
07:010:015 And the children of Israel said unto the
lord, We have sinned:
do
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver
us
only,
we pray thee, this day.
07:010:016 And they put away the strange gods from
among them, and served
the
lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery
of Israel.
07:010:017 Then the children of Ammon were gathered
together, and
encamped
in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled
themselves
together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
07:010:018 And the people and princes of Gilead said
one to another, What
man
is he that will begin to fight against the children
of
Ammon?
he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
07:011:001 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty
man of valour, and he
was
the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
07:011:002 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons;
and his wife’s sons grew up,
and
they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt
not
inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the
son of a
strange
woman.
07:011:003 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and
dwelt in the land of
Tob:
and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went
out
with him.
07:011:004 And it came to pass in process of time,
that the children of
Ammon
made war against Israel.
07:011:005 And it was so, that when the children of
Ammon made war
against
Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah
out
of the land of Tob:
07:011:006 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and
be our captain, that we
may
fight with the children of Ammon.
07:011:007 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead,
Did not ye hate
me,
and expel me out of my father’s house? and why
are ye come
unto
me now when ye are in distress?
07:011:008 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah,
Therefore we turn
again
to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight
against
the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the
inhabitants
of Gilead.
07:011:009 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead,
If ye bring me
home
again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the
lord
deliver them before me, shall I be your head?


