Judges - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 264

11--18 THE BOOK OF THE PERIOD OF THE ]UDGES. 11-—-39 18 20 21 22 26 but the king of Edom, and the king of Moab, replied that they were not willing; therefore Israel halted at Kadesh, and marched into the desert, and went round the land of Moab, and encamped at the river Amon, and did not invade the bounds of Moab——~for the Amon was the boundary of Moab. From there Israel sent ambassadors to Sihcm the king of the Am<>rites,—·—king of I, Israel, would pass through your country to But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his boundaries; so Sihon collected all his forces, and encamped at jahtz, and fought with Israel. The EVER- L1v1NG GOD of Israel, however, gave Sihon and all his army to the hand of Israel, and Israel conquered all the country of the Amorites residing in that region, and acquired all the region of the Amorites from the Amon to the jabok, and from the desert to the jordan ;——and since the EVER-1.1v1NG Gon of Israel has driven the Amorites before His People, yet you would possess! Cannot you

possess what Kemosh your god has caused you to possess ?~——and what- ever our EVER-LIVING Goo has caused us to possess, we shall possess for ourselves. ‘And now, are you better than

Balak—ben-Tzifor, the great king of Moab? Greater than Israel? If you can fight with them, tight with them ! ‘Israe1, however, has dwelt in

Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroar, and its villages, and all the towns along the Amon three hundred years, so why have you not recovered them during that period? And I myself have not offended you, but you have done wrong to me in making war upon me. Let the EvER·LIv1NG as judge decide to-day between the Children of Israel and the Beni- @$132 Qling nf Quint: refuses @2m:a 28 But the king of the Amonites would not listen to the words that japhthah sent to him. gnplytljaly hzclures mar. 29 Then the Spirit of the EvER»L1v1NG came upon japhthah and he passed through Gilad and Manasseh, and 1 Sihon=Sikhon, in Hebrew.-F. F. advanced to Mizphah of Gilad: for Mizphah of Gilad was in subjection to the Beni—Amon. Therefore }aphthah vowed a vow to the Evan-uvmo. and said I 3npl;iIyaI;’s Winn. ‘ If you will deliver the Beni—Amon

to my hand, then whatever first comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, upon my returning with peace from the Beni-Amon, shall be the LORD’S, and shall be offered as an offering!’ Lzplyibaly ruuqxwrs il;2 §muniizs. japhthah then advanced against the 32 Beni-Amon to fight with them, and the EvER—L1v1NG gave them into his power, and he conquered from them 33 Aroar, and as far as the Pass of l\*linith,—-»twenty villages,-——and on- wards to the vine-fields,—-·»a very great conquest. Thus the Amonites were subjected to the Children of Israel. §apI;tl;al;’s Ecspair at his mrtg Qnuglytrr falling under his Enh:. °@2r Sulrlime 3Faitl;. When, however, japhthah returned

to Mizphah to his home, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and dances, and except her alone there was no child to his house. So when she approached him he tore Alas ! my daughter ! You have overwhelmed me with sorrow, and you are my grief! for I have opened my mouth to the EVER—L1v1NG,~—and I am not able to go back! My father,

if you have opened your mouth to the Evan-Livmo, do to me according to what has come out from your mouth, since the EvER·L1v1NG has made a triumph for you over your enemies, Grant

this thing to me, give me two months that I may go and wander on the hills and lament for my rnaidenhood, I and my friends. and sent

her away for two months. So she and her friends went, and lamented over her girlhood upon the mountains. But at the end of the two months

she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew 264 34 35