יִפְתָּח

Jephthah· Iphtah

1. Joshua 15:43וְיִפְתָּ֥ח · Iphtah
   Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
2. Judges 11:1 (2×)וְיִפְתָּ֣ח · Now Jephthah; יִפְתָּֽח׃ · was his
   Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
3. Judges 11:2יִפְתָּ֗ח · drove Jephthah
   And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
4. Judges 11:3 (2×)יִפְתָּח֙ · So Jephthah; יִפְתָּח֙ · [him]
   So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
5. Judges 11:5יִפְתָּ֖ח · Jephthah
   …and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6. Judges 11:6לְיִפְתָּ֔ח
   “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
7. Judges 11:7יִפְתָּח֙ · Jephthah
   Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
8. Judges 11:8יִפְתָּ֗ח · Jephthah
   They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
9. Judges 11:9יִפְתָּ֜ח · But Jephthah
   But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
10. Judges 11:10יִפְתָּ֑ח · Jephthah
    And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
11. Judges 11:11 (2×)יִפְתָּח֙ · So Jephthah; יִפְתָּ֧ח · And Jephthah
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
12. Judges 11:12יִפְתָּח֙ · Then Jephthah
    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
13. Judges 11:13יִפְתָּ֗ח · Jephthah’s
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
14. Judges 11:14יִפְתָּ֑ח · Jephthah
    Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
15. Judges 11:15יִפְתָּ֑ח · Jephthah
    …to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
16. Judges 11:28יִפְתָּ֔ח · Jephthah
    But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
17. Judges 11:29יִפְתָּח֙ · Jephthah
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
18. Judges 11:30יִפְתָּ֥ח · Jephthah
    Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
19. Judges 11:32יִפְתָּ֛ח · So Jephthah
    So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
20. Judges 11:34יִפְתָּ֣ח · And when Jephthah
    And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
21. Judges 11:40יִפְתָּ֖ח · of Jephthah
    …that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
22. Judges 12:1לְיִפְתָּ֜ח · to Jephthah
    Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
23. Judges 12:2יִפְתָּח֙ · But Jephthah
    But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
24. Judges 12:4יִפְתָּח֙ · Jephthah then
    Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
25. Judges 12:7 (2×)יִפְתָּ֛ח · Jephthah; יִפְתָּח֙ · and when he
    Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
26. 1 Samuel 12:11יִפְתָּ֖ח · Jephthah
    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.