ac[See ver. 3 above]
cu[See ver. 6 above]
cv[See ver. 6 above]

Deuteronomy 2:9

9And the Lord said to me, a‘Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given bAr to cthe people of Lot for a possession.’

Deuteronomy 2:19

19And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, ddo not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to ethe sons of Lot for a possession.’

Deuteronomy 23:3

3 fNo Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,

Judges 10:6-18

Further Disobedience and Oppression

6 gThe people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord hand served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, ithe gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they jforsook the Lord and did not serve him. 7So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and khe sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, 8and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.

10And the people of Israel lcried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you, because mwe have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.” 11And the Lord said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save you nfrom the Egyptians and ofrom the Amorites, pfrom the Ammonites and qfrom the Philistines? 12The Sidonians also, and rthe Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I ssaved you out of their hand. 13Yet you have tforsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. 14Go and cry out uto the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” 15And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.” 16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and vhe became impatient over the misery of Israel.

17Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at wMizpah. 18And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? xHe shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

Judges 11

Jephthah Delivers Israel

1Now yJephthah the Gileadite was za mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. 2And Gilead’s wife also bore him sons. And when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” 3Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of aaTob, and abworthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.

4After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel. 5And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of acTob. 6And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.” 7But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” 8And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and adbe our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.” 9Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them over to me, I will be your head.” 10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, ae“The Lord will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.” 11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people afmade him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words agbefore the Lord at ahMizpah.

12Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What do you have against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?” 13And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, ai“Because Israel on coming up from Egypt took away my land, from the ajArnon to the akJabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it peaceably.” 14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites 15and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: alIsrael did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites, 16but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness amto the Red Sea and ancame to Kadesh. 17 aoIsrael then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ apbut the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel aqremained at Kadesh.

18“Then they journeyed through the wilderness and arwent around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and asarrived on the east side of the land of Moab and atcamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab. 19 auIsrael then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land to our country,’ 20but Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel. 21And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country. 22And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan. 23So then the Lord, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to take possession of them? 24Will you not possess what avChemosh your god gives you to possess? awAnd all that the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess. 25Now are you any better than axBalak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them? 26While Israel lived ayin Heshbon and its villages, and azin Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them within that time? 27I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. baThe Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.” 28But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.

Jephthah’s Tragic Vow

29 bbThen the Spirit of the Lord was upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. 30And Jephthah bcmade a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, 31then whatever
Or whoever
comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites beshall be the Lord’s, and bfI will offer it
Or him
up for a burnt offering.”
32So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord gave them into his hand. 33And he struck them from Aroer to the neighborhood of bhMinnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a great blow. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.

34Then Jephthah came to his home at biMizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him bjwith tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. 35And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, bkand I cannot take back my vow.” 36And she said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to the Lord; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the Lord has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.” 37So she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions.” 38So he said, “Go.” Then he sent her away for two months, and she departed, she and her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains. 39And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, blwho did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel 40that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

1 Samuel 11

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 bmThen Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged bnJabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, boMake a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” 2But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, bpthat I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bqbring disgrace on all Israel.” 3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven daysrespite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.” 4When the messengers came to brGibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, bsand all the people wept aloud.

5Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, “What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh. 6 btAnd the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled. 7He took a yoke of oxen buand cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, bvWhoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out bwas one man. 8When he mustered them at bxBezek, bythe people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have bzsalvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad. 10Therefore the men of Jabesh said, caTomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.” 11 cbAnd the next day Saul put the people ccin three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

The Kingdom Is Renewed

12Then the people said to Samuel, cdWho is it that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ ceBring the men, that we may put them to death.” 13But Saul said, cfNot a man shall be put to death this day, for today cgthe Lord has worked chsalvation in Israel.” 14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.” 15So all the people went to ciGilgal, and there they made Saul king cjbefore the Lord in Gilgal. There ckthey sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

2 Samuel 10

David Defeats Ammon and Syria

1 clAfter this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2And David said, “I will deal loyally
Or kindly; twice in this verse
with Hanun the son of cnNahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.
3But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it?” 4So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half the beard of each and cut off their garments in the middle, coat their hips, and sent them away. 5When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”

6When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of cpBeth-rehob, and cqthe Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of crMaacah with 1,000 men, and the men of csTob, 12,000 men. 7And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of ctthe mighty men. 8And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gate, and cuthe Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and cvthe men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.

9When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians. 10The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites. 11And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you. 12 cwBe of good courage, and cxlet us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and cymay the Lord do what seems good to him.” 13So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him. 14And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

15But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together. 16And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond czthe Euphrates.
Hebrew  the River
They came to Helam, with dbShobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
17And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to Helam. The Syrians arrayed themselves against David and fought with him. 18And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded dcShobach the commander of their army, so that he died there. 19And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel ddand became subject to them. So the Syrians were afraid to save the Ammonites anymore.

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