about 1161.

4 ch. 2. 11. & 3.7. & 4.1. & 6.1. & 13. 1. ⚫ ch. 2 13.

I ch. 2 12

g 1 Kings 11. 33 P. 106.

36.

ch. 2. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 9.

5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

Their repentance.

B. C.

11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you about 1161. from the Egyptians, and 'from the Amorites, "from the children of Ammon, "and from the Philistines?

12 The Zidonians also, Pand the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

k Ex. 14. 30. 1 Num. 21. 21, 24, 25.

m ch. 3. 12, 13. n ch. 3. 31. o ch. 5. 19. p ch. 6. 3. q Ps. 106. 42, 43.

r Deut. 32. 15. Jer. 2. 13.

Deut. 32. 37, 38. 2 Kings 3. 13. Jer. 2. 28.

t 1 Sam. S. 18. 2 Sam. 15. 26.

15 T And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: 'do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth Heb. is good in thine eyes. good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

16 "And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Heb. gods of

strangers.

Heb. was

shortened.

together.

17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamp-+ Heb. cried ed in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in › Mizpeh.

u 2 Chr. 7. 14. & 15. 8. Jer. 18. 7, 8. x Ps. 106. 44,

45. Is. 63. 9. y Gen. 31. 49.

ch. 11. 11, 29.

18 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 inhab-2 ch. 11. 8, 11. itants of Gilead.

CHAPTER XI.

evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods

that he should be their head. 12 Jephthah's messages to the Ammonites. 30 His vow. 32 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 His daughter first meeteth him. 39 He performeth his vow,

a

a Heb. 11. 32. b ch. 6. 12. 2 Kings 5. 1.

the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he "sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Am

mon.

Heb. rush t ed

Sam. 12. 10.

8 And that year they vexed and toppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

10 ¶And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

2 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.

3 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.

4 T And it came to pass tin process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

5 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:

6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we

man a har

lot.

Heb. from the face.

ch. 9. 4.

1 Sam. 22. 2.

† Heb. after days.

Jephthah's messages unto

B. C. about 1161.

d Gen. 26. 27.

e ch. 10. 18.

f Luke 17. 4.

g ch. 10. 18.

h Jer. 42. 5. + Heb. be the hearer between us.

i ver. 8.

k ch. 10. 17. & 20. 1. 1 Sam. 10. 17. & 11. 15.

may fight with the children of Am

mon.

7 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?

e

8 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.

9 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?

10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be wit+ ness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words * before the LORD in Mizpeh.

12 ¶ And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Amabout 1143. mon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

25, 26.

13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messen1 Num. 21. 24, gers of Jephthah,' Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

m Gen. 32. 22.

m

14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:

15 And said unto him, Thus saith n Deut. 2. 9, 19. Jephthah, "Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and P came to Kadesh;

17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and 'compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and "came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not

the king of the Ammonites.

within the border of Moab : for Arnon was the border of Moab.

B. C. about 1143.

23. &c.

1 Sam. 1. 11, 23. & 2. 13.

© Ps. 66. 13. See Lev. 27. 11, 12

Or, Abel.

P EL. 27. 17.

4 ch. 10. 17. & ver. 11.

↑ Ex. 15, 20.

1 Sam. 13. 6.

P. 68. 25.
Jer. 31. 4.

1 Or, he had not of his oven rither son OT daughter. Heb. of himself. Gen. 57. 29, #

1 Ecc. 5. 2. *Nam 30, 2 Pa. 15. 4. Ecc. 5, 4, 5.

:Nam 202

72 Sam. 18. 13,31

33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to P 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.

34 ¶ And 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.

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and "I cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

X

+ Beb. were

* See ch. 8. 1.

CHAPTER XII.

The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, are de tected by the word Shibboleth, and slain by the Gileadites. 7 Jephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, 11 Elon, 13 and Abdon, successively judge Israel.

The Ephraimites slain.

mon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

b

B. C. about 1143.

& 28. 21. Job 13. 14. Ps. 119, 109.

3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, b1 Sam. 19. 5. and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of See 1 Sam. Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sib- Which sigboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

Ps. 69. 2, 15. Is. 27. 12.

7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gil- about 1137. eadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

11 ¶ And after him Elon, a Zebu- about 1130. lonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son about 1120. of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore Heb. sons' and ten ass colts: and he judged Is

sons.

e ch. 5. 10. & 10. 4.

about 1112.

& 5. 14.

Manoah and his wife.

B. C. about 1161.

t Heb. added to commit,&c. a ch. 2. 11. &

3. 7. & 4. 1. &

6. 1. & 10. 6.

b 1 Sam. 12. 9.

CHAPTER XIII.

Israel delivered into the hand of the Philistines. 2 An angel appeareth to Manoah's wife, 8 and again to her and to Manoah. 15 Manoah's sacrifice, during which the angel is discovered. 24 Samson is born.

The birth of Samson.

evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them binto the hand of the Philistines forty years.

с

2 T And there was a certain man of © Josh. 19. 41. Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

d ch. 6. 12. Luke 1. 11, 13, 28, 31.

e ver. 14.

Num. 6. 2, 3.
Luke 1. 15.

f Num. 6. 5. 1 Sam. 1. 11. g Num. 6. 2.

h See 1 Sam. 7. 13.

2 Sam. 8. 1. 1 Chr. 18. 1. i Deut. 33. 1. 1 Sam. 2. 27. & 9. 6.

1 Kings 17.24. k Matt. 28. 3. Luke 9. 29. Acts 6. 15. 1 ver. 17, 18.

6 ¶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man +Heb. What that spakest unto the woman? And he said, 1 am.

shall be the manner of the, &c.

Il Or, what

shall he do? Heb. what shall be his work?

12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

15 ¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.

17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?

21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. r Then Manoah knew that her ch. 6. 22 was an angel of the LORD.

22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have Gen. 32. 30 seen God.

23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and "the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.