Judges 17:1-13 Micah Takes Back His Mother’s Silver

 

Micah Takes Back His Mother’s Silver

Judges 17:1-13    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

There was a man from Mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. He [told] his mother, [I took back] the 1,100 shekels of silver that were taken from you [that] you [cursed] & [spoke about privately to me] & it is with me.

She said, [May the Lord bless you,] my son. When [Micah returned] the 1,100 shekels of silver to his mother, she] said, I had [totally] dedicated the sliver to the Lord for my son to make a [carved] image & a [molded] image. [Leviticus 19:4 You [shall] not turn to idols, nor are [for] yourselves [molded] gods. I Am the Lord your God.]

Therefore I will restore it to you now. [Micah] restored the money to his mother, yet [she] took 200 shekels of silver & gave them to the [silversmith,] who made an [carved] image & a [molded] image.

They were in  the house of Micah, [who] had a house of gods & made an ephod [decorative vest often worn by the high priest] & a teraphim [household idol] & [appointed] 1 of his sons, who became his priest.

In those days, there was no king in Israel, but every man did [what] was right in his own eyes. There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah [from] the family of Judah, who was a Levite & he [temporarily stayed] there.

The man [left] from Bethlehem Judah to [stay] where he could find a place & he came to Mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, [on] his [journey.] Micah said to him, [Where did] you come [from?]

And [the man] said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah & I go to [stay] where I might find a place. Micah said to him, [Live] with me & be to me [like] a father & a priest & I will give you 10 shekels of silver, a suit of [clothing & food each] year.

So, the Levite went in & was content to [live] with [Micah.] The young man was [like] one of his sons to him. Micah [appointed] the young man [who was a] Levite, [who] became his priest & was the house of Micah. Micah said, Now I know that the Lord will do good [to] me, [since] I have a Levite [as] my priest.

Judges 16:1-31 Samson is Blinded, but Prevails in the End

 

Samson is Blinded, but Prevails in the End

Judges 16:1-31    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

Then, Samson went to Gaza & saw a [prostitute] there & was [intimate with] her. The Gazites were told, Samson has come [here] & they [blocked] him in & laid in wait [quietly through the] night, in the [city’s] gate & [said,] We shall kill [Samson] in the morning when it’s [daylight.]

Samson [lay there until] midnight & arose & took the gate doors of the city & 2 posts, bar & all & put them on his shoulders & carried them up to the top of the hill that is before Hebron.

It [happened] afterward, that [Samson] loved a [different] woman, [named] Delilah, in the Valley of Sorek. The Philistine lords came up to [Delilah] & said, [Convince Samson] to [tell in what] his great strength lies & [how] we [might] prevail against him & [tie him up] to afflict him.

Everyone of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver. Delilah said to Samson, I pray [that] you, tell me [in what] your strength lies & [with what] you might be [tied] to afflict you. Samson said to her, If they [tie] me with 7 [fresh bowstrings] that were never dried, then I shall be weak, [like] another man.

Then, the [Philistine] lords brought her 7 [fresh bowstrings that] hadn’t been dried & she [tied Samson] with them. Now, there were men lying in wait & [they secretly stayed] with her in the [room.]

[Delilah] said to [Samson,] The Philistines are upon you, Samson. [Samson] broke the [fresh bowstrings] like a thread of [yarn] is broken when it touches fire. So [Samson’s] strength was not known.

Delilah said to Samson, [Look,] you have mocked me & told me lies. Now, I pray [that] you tell me [with what] you might be [tied.] [Samson] said to her, If they tie me [tightly] with new ropes [that have never been used,] I will be as weak as [any other] man.

[Then,] Delilah took new ropes & [tied Samson with them] & said to him, The Philistines [are] upon you, Samson. There were [men lying] in wait in the [room.] [Samson broke the ropes] off his arms like thread. Delilah said to Samson, You have mocked me [until now] & told me lies.

Tell me [with what] you might be [tied.] [Samson] said to [Delilah,] If you weave 7 locks of my hair with [the loom] & she fastened it with the pin & she said to [Samson,] The Philistines are upon you, Samson.

He [awoke from] his sleep & went away with the pin of the beam [& the loom still attached to his hair.] [Delilah] said to [Samson,], How can you say, I love you, when your heart isn’t with me?

You have mocked me these 3 times & you haven’t told me [in what] your great strength lies. It [happened after she pressured] him daily with her words & urged him, [until she troubled] his soul to death.

[Samson opened up] his heart & told her, A razor hasn’t come upon my head, for I have been a Nazarite to God from my [birth.] If [my hair is shaved,] then my strength will go from me & I will become weak like any other man.

When Delilah saw [that Samson] had told her all [on] his heart, she sent for the [Philistine] lords & [said,] Come up [now,] for [Samson] has [shared] all his heart [with] me & [they] came up to her, [with] the money in their [hands.]

[Delilah] made [Samson] sleep upon her knees & called for a man, [who shaved] off the 7 locks [of hair] on [Samson’s] head. [Delilah] began to afflict [Samson] & his strength [was gone] from him.

She said, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. He woke from his sleep & said, I will go out [like the] other times before & shake myself, but he [didn’t know] that the Lord [had] departed from him.

But the Philistines took [Samson] & put out his eyes & brought him down to Gaza. They bound him in brass [shackles] & [forced him to] grind [grain] in the prison. [However] the hair of his head began to grow again after he was [shaved.]

Then, the [Philistine] lords gathered together to offer a [large] sacrifice to Dagon their god & to rejoice, for they said, Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hand.

When the people saw [Samson,] they praised their god. They said, Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands & the destroyer of our country, [who killed] many of us. When their hearts were merry, they said, Call for Samson, [so] he may [perform for us.]

And they called for Samson, out of the prison & he [performed for] them. [Afterward,] they [stood Samson] between the pillars & [Samson told] the lad [who guided] him by the hand, [because he was blind,] [Allow] me, [so] I may feel the pillars [upon which the upper floor of the temple] stands, [so] I may lean on them.

Now, the [temple] was full of all the [Philistine] lords, about 3,000 men & women on the roof, [who watched] while Samson [performed.] Samson called [out] to the Lord & said, O Lord God, I pray You remember me only this once, & strengthen me, O God, that I [might] be avenged of the Philistines for my 2 eyes.

Samson took hold of the 2 middle pillars upon which the [temple] stood & was [held] up, [with his right hand on one & his left hand on the other [pillar that supported the temple.]

Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines & he bowed himself with all his might & the temple fell upon the [Philistine] lords & upon the people [in it.] So, the dead [Samson killed] at his death, were more than [those he killed throughout] his life.

Then, his brethren & all of his [father’s] house came down & took [Samson’s body] & buried him between Zorah & Eshtaol in the place [they buried] Manoah, his father. [Samson] judged Israel for 20 years.

Judges 15:1-20 Samson’s Wife Has Been Given to His Friend

 

Samson’s Wife Has Been Given to His Friend

Judges 15:1-20    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

[After some time during] the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a kid [goat] & said [to her father,] I [want to go be intimate] with my wife in the [room,] but her father wouldn’t [allow Samson] to go in.

Her father said, I [truly] thought you had [totally] hated her, [so] I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister [prettier] than she [is?] I pray [that] you take her instead.

Samson said, Now, I shall be blameless, if I do [something to cause] the Philistines displeasure. Samson went [out] & caught 300 foxes & turned [the foxes] tail to tail & put [torches between each pair of] tails & set the [torches] on fire.

[Samson] let the [foxes] go in the standing corn of the Philistines & burned up both the [corn stalks] & the standing corn [along] with the vineyards & olives. [Then,] the Philistines [asked,] Who has done this?

They answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he [took Samson’s] wife & [gave] her to [Samson’s] companion. The Philistines came up & burned her & her father with fire.

And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, I [will still] be avenged of you & after that, I will [stop.] [Samson struck them down] hip & thigh [deep] with a [large] slaughter.

[Samson lived] in the top of Rock Etam. Then, the Philistines went up & [camped] in Judah & spread themselves in Lehi. The men of Judah [asked the Philistines,] Why have you come up against us?

They answered, We have come up to [tie] Samson [up] & to do to [Samson] as he had done to us. Then, 3,000 men of Judah went to the top of the Rock of Etam & said to Samson, Don’t you know the Philistines are rulers over us?

[Why] have you done this to us? [Samson] said to them, I have done to them, [just] as they have done to me. And the [men of Judah] said to him, We have come to [tie you up] & deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.

Samson [asked] them, Swear to me that you won’t [kill me] yourselves. They [said to Samson], No; but we will [tie you up tightly] & deliver you into the [Philistine’s hands,] but we surely won’t kill you.

And they [tied Samson up] with 2 new cords & brought him from the rock. When [Samson] came into Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him & the Spirit of the Lord came upon [Samson] mightily & the cords on his arms came loosened from off his hands, [like] flax that was burnt with fire.

[Samson] found a new jawbone of a [donkey] & took it [in] his hand & killed 1,000 men [there.] Samson said, With the jawbone of a [donkey,] I have slain 1,000 men, heaps upon heaps.

When he [finished] speaking, [Samson threw] away the jawbone [from] his hand & called that place Ramath Lehi. He was [very thirsty] & called on the Lord & said, You have given this great deliverance into the hand of Your servant, [but] shall I now die [of] thirst & fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?

But God [opened up] a hollow place that was in the [jawbone] & water came out [of it] & [after Samson drank,] his spirit [returned] & he revived. [For this reason, Samson] called [its] name En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. [Samson] judged Israel for 20 years, in the days of the Philistines.

Judges 14:1-20 Samson Marries a Philistine Woman

 

Samson Marries a Philistine Woman

Judges 14:1-20    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

Samson went down to Timnath & saw a woman [there] of the daughters of the Philistines. He [went to] his father & mother & told [them,] I have seen a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines. Therefore, now get her for her for me to [marry.]

His [parents asked] him, Isn’t there [any] woman among the daughters of your [relatives,] or [among your] people, that you go to take a wife [from] the uncircumcised Philistines?

Samson [asked] his father, Get her for me, for [I am pleased with her.] His [parents didn’t know this] was of the Lord [God,] for [at that time] the Philistines [ruled] over Israel & [the Lord God looked] for an occasion against the Philistines.

[When] Samson went down [with] his [parents] to Timnath & came to the vineyards of Timnath & [saw] a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon [Samson] & he [tore the lion like] he would’ve [torn] a kid [goat, since] he had [no weapon] in his hand.

He [didn’t tell] his [parents] what he had done. [When Samson] went down & talked with the woman, Samson was pleased [with her.] After a time, [Samson returned] to take her [as his wife] & he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion & [he saw] there was a swarm of bees & honey in the [lion’s] carcass.

[Samson] took [some of the honey] in his hands & went on eating [it] & he came to his [parents] & gave them [some honey] & they [ate it.] He [didn’t tell his parents] that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

So, [Samson’s] father went down to the woman & Samson made a [wedding] feast there [for her, since that’s what] the young men used to do. When they saw [Samson,] they brought 30 companions to be with him.

And Samson gave [the 30 companions] a riddle & said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you & if you can [correctly] answer it within 7 days of the feast, I will give you 30 sheets & 30 [changes] of [clothing.] But if you can’t [answer] it, then you shall give me 30 sheets & 30 [changes] of clothing.

They said to [Samson, tell us] your riddle, [so] may hear it. [Samson] said to them, Out of the eater came forth meat & out of the strong came forth sweetness & the [companions] couldn’t [answer] the riddle [after] 3 days.

On the 7th day, the [companions] said to Samson’s wife, [Convince Samson,] your husband, [to tell you the answer to] the riddle, [or] we will burn you & your father’s house with fire. [Did you invite us here] to take [away] all that we have?

Samson’s wife [cried] before him & said, You [must] hate me & [don’t] love me. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people & haven’t told it [to] me. And [Samson] said to her, [Look,] I haven’t told it [to either] my father [or] mother, shall I tell it [to] you?

She wept before [Samson] the 7 days that the [wedding] feast lasted & it [happened] on the 7th day, [Samson] told her. Because [she pressured] him & she told [the answer of] the riddle to the [young Philistine men] of her people.

Before [sunset,] the men of the city said to [Samson] on the 7th day, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And [Samson] said, If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you [wouldn’t] have found out my riddle.

The Spirit of the Lord came upon [Samson] & he went down to Ashkelon & [killed] 30 men & took their [plunder] & gave their [changes] of garments to [those who answered] the riddle.

And [Samson’s] anger [grew] & he went up to his father’s house, but Samson’s wife was given to his companion, [who was Samson’s] friend.

Judges 13:1-25 Manoah’s Wife Conceives a Son, Samson

 

Manoah’s Wife Conceives a Son, Samson

Judges 13:1-25    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

The children [people] of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord & the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for 40 years. Manoah was of the family of Danites, of Zorah.

[Judges 2:11-13 And the children [people] of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord & served Baalim. And they [abandoned] the Lord God of their [forefathers,] [Who] brought them out of the land of Egypt. And [they] followed other gods of the people [around] them & bowed themselves down to them & provoked the Lord to anger. And they [abandoned] the Lord & served Baal & Ashtaroth.]

[He] & his wife [were childless.] The Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman & said to her, [Watch, although] you are now [childless,] you shall conceive & [give birth to] a son.

Therefore, I pray [that] you now [don’t] drink [any] wine nor strong drink & [don’t] eat any unclean thing. For [when] you conceive & [have your] son, he shall be a Nazarite to God from [his birth.]

He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines & no razor shall [be used] on his head. Then the woman came & told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me & his [appearance] was like [that] of an Angel of God, [very awesome.]

But I [didn’t] ask him [where] he was [from & he didn’t tell] me his name. But he said to me, [Look,] you shall conceive & [give birth to] a son & now [shouldn’t] drink [any] wine or strong drink [or] eat any unclean thing, [because] the child shall be a Nazarite of God from [his birth to] his death.

Then, Manoah [asked] the Lord, O my Lord [God,] let the man of God You [sent] come again to us & teach us what we [need to] do [for] the child that shall be born. God [listened] to [Manoah’s] voice & the Angel of the God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.

The woman [hurried] & ran & [showed] her husband & said to him, [Look,] the man [has] appeared to me, [who] came the other day. And Manoah arose & went after his wife & came to the man & [asked] him, Are you the man [who] spoke to the woman & he said, I am.

Manoah said, Now, let your words [happen.] How shall we [raise] the child & how shall we [treat] him? The Angel of the Lord said, Let the woman beware [to do what] I said to her.

She may not eat [or] drink anything that comes [from a] vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. [She should do] all that I commanded her. Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, I pray [that] you, let us detain you, until we [prepare] a kid [goat] & [get it] ready for you.

The Angel of the Lord said, [Even if] you detain me, I won’t eat of your bread & if you [make] a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord, [because Manoah didn’t know] he was an Angel of the Lord.

[Then,] Manoah [asked] the Angel of the Lord, What is your name, [so] we may honor you [when these things happen?] And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why [do you ask] my name, [since] it’s a secret? Manoah took a kid [goat] with a [meat/grain] offering & [sacrificed] it on a rock to the Lord.

The Angel did wondrously as Manaoh & his wife looked on, for when the flame from the altar went up toward heaven, the Angel of the Lord [went up] in the flame from the altar. [After] Manoah & his wife [saw this, they] fell on their faces to the ground.

But the Angel of the Lord [never appeared] again to Manoah & his wife, [but] Manoah knew he was an Angel of the Lord & said to his wife, Surely we shall die, because we have seen God.

But his wife said to [Manoah,] If the Lord [wanted] to kill us, He wouldn’t have received a burnt offering & a [meat/grain] offering [from us] & wouldn’t have [shown] & told us all these things.

[When] the woman [gave birth] to a son, [they named him,] Samson & the child grew & the Lord blessed him & the Spirit of the Lord [God] began to move [Samson,] at times, in the camp of Dan between Zorah & Eshtaol.

Judges 12:1-15 Jephthah Judged Israel 6 Years

 

Jephthah Judged Israel 6 Years

Judges 12:1-15    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

The men of Ephraim gathered together & went north & said to Jephthah, [Why did] you [cross] over to fight against the children [people] of Ammon, but didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you [in it.]

Jephthah said to them, My people & I were in [a huge struggle] with the [people] of Ammon & when I called you, you didn’t deliver me out of their hands.

When I saw that, you [didn’t] deliver me, I [risked my own life] & [crossed] over to [fight] against the [Amonnites] & the Lord delivered them into my hand. [Why] then [have] you come [to fight] against me this day?

Jepththah gathered all the men of Gilead & fought with Ephraim & [struck down] Ephraim, because they said, That the Gileadites are the fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites & Manassites.

The Gileadites took the passages [shallow crossing places] of [the] Jordan [River] from the Ephraimites. When those Ephraimites escaped & said, Let me go over [the river,] the men of Gilead [asked] him, Are you an Ephraimite?

[If] they said, No, then they said to them, Now say: Shibboleth, because [the Epraimites] couldn’t pronounce it  [correctly.] Then they took him & [would strike down those] at the passage of [the] Jordan [River.]

At that time, they [struck down] 42,000 [Ephraimites there.] Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel 6 years & died & was buried in 1 of the cities of Gilead.

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem, judged Israel for 7 years & had 30 sons & 30 daughters, whom he sent abroad & [he] took 30 daughters from abroad for his sons. Ibzan died & was buried in Bethlehem.

After him, Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel [for] 10 years. [When] Elon died, [he] was buried in Aijalon, in the country of Zebulun. After him, Abdon, [Hillel’s] son, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

He had 40 sons & 30 nephews that rode on 40 [donkey] colts. He judged Israel for 8 years & [when] Aijalon died, [he] was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the Mount of the Amalekites.

Judges 11:1-40 Jepthah’s Put in Charge to Battle Against the People of Ammon

 

Jepthah’s Put in Charge to Battle Against the People of Ammon

Judges 11:1-40    The Book of Judges [in Smaller Chunks]

Now, Jephthah, the Gileadite, was a mighty man of valor & was the son of a harlot. And Gilead [fathered] Jephthah. Gilead’s wife [bore] him sons.

[When Gilead’s] wife’s sons grew up, they [drove] out Jephthah & said to him, You shall not inherit [from] our father’s house, [since] you are the son of a strange woman.

Then, Jephthah fled from his [brothers] & [lived] in the land of Tob & he [joined] with some [worthless] men [who] went out with him. It [happened after some time,] that the children [people] of Ammon made war against Israel.

[Then, Gileads’] elders went to [get] Jephthah out of the land of Tob & they said to Jephthah, Come & be our captain, [so] we may fight with the children [people] of Ammon. And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn’t you hate me & [drive] me out of my father’s house?

Why [have] you come to me now, when you are in [trouble?] The elders said to Jephthah, We now turn to you, [so] you go with us to fight against the [people] of Ammon & be our [leader] over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the [people] of Ammon & the Lord delivers them before me, shall I be your [leader?] The elders said to Jephthah, [Let] the Lord be a witness between us, if we don’t do according to your words.

Then, Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead & [they] made him the [leader & commander] over them & Jephthah [talked] before the Lord in Mizpeh. And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the [people] of Ammon, saying, What do you have to do with me, that you [have] come against me to fight in my land?

The king of the [people] of Ammon answered, [Jephthah’s] messengers, Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok & to Jordan. Therefore, now restore those lands [peacefully.]

Jephthah sent messengers [back] to the king of Ammon & said, Jephthah says [this,] Israel [didn’t] take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the [people] of Ammon.

But when Israel came up from Egypt & walked through the wilderness into the Red Sea & came to Kadesh, then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I pray [that] you let me pass through your land.

But the king of Edom wouldn’t [listen to it.] [Also,] they sent to the king of Moab, in [similar] manner, but he wouldn’t [agree] [to let them pass through the land] & Israel [stayed] in Kadesh.

Then, they went through the wilderness [around the outside borders of the lands] of Edom & Moab & came by the east side of Moab & pitched [tents] on the other side of Arnon, but [didn’t go inside] the border of Moab, [because] Arnon was the border of Moab.

Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the [Amorite’s] king, the king of Heshbon & [asked,] We pray [that] you, let us pass through your land [on the way to the Israelite’s land.]

But Sihon [didn’t] trust Israel to pass through [its] coast, but Sihon gathered all his people together & pitched [tents] in Jahaz & fought against [the Israelites.] The Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon & all his people into the [hands] of Israel & they [defeated] them.

So, Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. They possessed all the [coastal territory] of the Amorites from Jabbok & the wilderness, [all the way] to [the] Jordan [River.]

So now, the Lord God of Israel has [driven out] the Amorites before His people, Israel. [What right do you have to take it over?] [Why] not possess [what] Chemosh, your god gives you to possess?

We shall possess [land of whomever] the Lord our God [drives] out before us. Are you better than Balak, [Zippor’s] son, king of Moab? Did he ever [quarrel] or fight against Israel?

While Israel [still] dwelt in Heshbon & Arorer & [their] towns & all the cities along the [coastal borders] of Arnon [for] 300 years, why didn’t you recover them within that time?

[For this reason,] I haven’t sinned against you, but you have done wrong by [fighting] against me. [Let] the Lord, the Judge, [decide & judge] this day between the [people] of Israel & the [people] of Ammon.

[But] the king of Ammon [didn’t pay attention] to the word of Jephthah, [that] he sent [to] him. Then, the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah & he passed [through the land of] Gilead & Manasseh & [from] Mizpeh of Gilead he [crossed over] to the [people] of Ammon.

Jephthah [made] a vow [promise] to the Lord & said, If You shall deliver the [people] of Ammon into [my hands] without fail, then [whatever] comes [out] of the doors of my house to [greet] me, when I return in peace from the [people] of Ammon, I shall surely offer it up for a burnt offering, [which] surely shall be the Lord’s.

So, Jephthah [crossed] over to the [people] of Ammon to fight against them & the Lord delivered them into his hands & he [defeated] them [from] Aroer, even [until] you come to Minnith, 20 cities, even to the [plains near] the vineyards [a.k.a. Abel-Keramim,] with a very [large] slaughter.

[Like this,] the [people] of Ammon were [defeated] before the [people] of Israel. [When] Jephthah came to his house in Mizpeh, [he saw] his daughter, his only child, came out to [greet] him with [tambourines] & dances.

It [happened,] when he saw her, he [tore] his clothes & said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low & [I am troubled, because of you,] for I opened my mouth [in a vow] to the Lord & I can’t go [against it.] [Genesis 37:34 And Jacob [tore] his clothes & put sackcloth on his [waist] & mourned for his son many days.]

And she said to him, My father, if you opened your mouth to the Lord [to make a vow,] do to me according to what [you promised; because] the Lord has taken vengeance against your enemies, the [people] of Ammon, for you.

She [asked] her father, Let this thing be done for me & let me be alone [for] two months, [so] I may go up & down upon the mountains with my [friends to lament] my virginity. He said, Go. And he sent her away for two months with her [friends to lament] her virginity upon the mountains.

[After] two months, she returned & [hadn’t been intimate with a man.] He did with her, [as] he had vowed. And it [became] the custom that the daughters of Israel [& they would commemorate] the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, 4 days each year.