"When I sawthat you would not deliver[me], I tookmy lifein my handsand crossedoveragainstthe sonsof Ammon,and the LORDgavethem into my hand.Whythen have you comeup to me thisdayto fightagainst me?"
"Now behold,Godis with us at [our] headand His priestswith the signaltrumpetsto soundthe alarmagainstyou. O sonsof Israel,do not fightagainstthe LORDGodof your fathers,for you will not succeed."
"Whyshould I takemy fleshin my teethAnd putmy lifein my hands?
My lifeis continuallyin my hand,Yet I do not forgetYour law.
whofor my liferiskedtheir ownnecks,to whomnot onlydo I give thanks,but alsoallthe churchesof the Gentiles;
"And they overcamehim becauseof the bloodof the Lamband becauseof the wordof their testimony,and they did not lovetheir lifeeven whenfaced with death.
I therefore have not sinnedagainst you, but you are doingme wrongby makingwaragainst me; may the LORD,the Judge,judgetodaybetweenthe sonsof Israeland the sonsof Ammon.'"
Jephthahsaidto them, "I and my peoplewere at greatstrifewith the sonsof Ammon;when I calledyou, you did not deliverme from their hand.
Then Jephthahgatheredallthe menof Gileadand foughtEphraim;and the menof GileaddefeatedEphraim,becausethey said,"You are fugitivesof Ephraim,O Gileadites,in the midstof Ephraim[and] in the midstof Manasseh."
for my fatherfoughtfor you and riskedhis lifeand deliveredyou from the handof Midian;
"For he tookhis lifein his handand struckthe Philistine,and the LORDbroughtabouta greatdeliverancefor allIsrael;you saw[it] and rejoiced.Whythen will you sinagainst innocentbloodby puttingDavidto deathwithouta cause?"
The womancameto Sauland sawthat he was terrified,and saidto him, "Behold,your maidservanthas obeyedyou, and I have takenmy lifein my handand have listenedto your wordswhichyou spoketo me.
