27 Wherefore I have not offended thee: but thou doest me wrong to war against me. The Lord the Judge [a]be judge this day between the children of Israel, and the children of Ammon.

28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah, which he had sent him.

29 ¶ Then the [b]Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over to Gilead, and to Manasseh, and came to Mizpah in Gilead, and from Mizpah in Gilead he went unto the children of Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:27 To punish the offender.
  2. Judges 11:29 That is, the spirit of strength and zeal.

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