Judges 11:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ I have not sinned against you, but you are sinning against me by making war on me. May the Lord, the Judge, decide today whether the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] or the Ammonites [^Lsons/descendants of Ammon] are right.”

²⁸ But the king of the ·Ammonites [^Lsons/descendants of Ammon] ·ignored [would not listen to] this message from Jephthah.

Jephthah’s Promise

²⁹ Then the Spirit of the Lord ·entered [empowered; came/was upon; 3:10; 6:34] Jephthah. Jephthah passed through Gilead and Manasseh and the city of Mizpah in Gilead to the land of the ·Ammonites [^Lsons/descendants of Ammon].