Judges 11:30-36

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[30] Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, [31] then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. [32] So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand. [33] He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. [34] Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. [35] It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back. [36] She said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.

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Judges 11:30-36 mentions Ammon, Arnon, Aroer, Edom, Egypt, Gilead, Jabbok, Jordan, Kadesh-barnea, Minnith, Moab, Red Sea and Tob.

Ammon · Berthold Werner
Arnon · YousefTOmar
Edom · Uri
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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