. Stories from the Hebrew . IX.—JEPHTHAH EPHTHAH1 was the son He was thrust fromhome by his brothers, who dis-liked him, and he fled to theland of Tob, where he became amighty man of valor. It came to pass, in process of time,that the Ammonites made war againstIsrael. The Israelites had no man strongenough to lead them. Then *the elders went tofetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob, andsaid to him, Come, be our captain, that we mayfight the Ammonites/ But Jephthah said to them, Did ye not hate me,and expel me from my fathers house ? and why areye come unto me now when ye are in distr
. Stories from the Hebrew . IX.—JEPHTHAH EPHTHAH1 was the son He was thrust fromhome by his brothers, who dis-liked him, and he fled to theland of Tob, where he became amighty man of valor. It came to pass, in process of time,that the Ammonites made war againstIsrael. The Israelites had no man strongenough to lead them. Then *the elders went tofetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob, andsaid to him, Come, be our captain, that we mayfight the Ammonites/ But Jephthah said to them, Did ye not hate me,and expel me from my fathers house ? and why areye come unto me now when ye are in distress? They made an agreement that he should be headand captain over them if he should be victorious overthe Ammonites. Then Jephthah went with the eldersand came to Mizpeh, in Gilead. It was at Mizpeh that Jephthah vowed to the Lordin these words: If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be1 Jephtha = jeftha. 2 Gilead == Gustav DAUGHTER COMING TO MEET HER FATHER JEPHTHAH 53 that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of myhouse to meet me, when I return in peace from theAmmonites, shall surely be the Lords, and I will offerit up for a burnt-offering. Jephthah was very successful in the battles he wagedagainst the children of Ammon. He smote them withgreat slaughter, taking twenty cities and subduingthem to the children of Israel. And Jephthah came back to Mizpeh, his home, andbehold his daughter came out to meet him with tim-brels and with xlances; and she was his only child ;besides her he had neither son nor daughter. Whenhe saw her he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, mydaughter, thou hast brought me very low ; for I havespoken unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. She comforted him by saying, Do with me accord-ing to that which hath proceeded out of thy the end of two months Jephthah did with her ac-cording to the vow which he had vowed. And it was a custom in Israel that th
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