Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God,
Judges 11:11 - New Revised Standard Version So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah repeated all he had promised before the Lord at Mizpah. American Standard Version (1901) Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah. Common English Bible So Jephthah went with Gilead’s elders, and the people made him leader and commander over them. At Mizpah before the LORD, Jephthah repeated everything he had said. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and all the people made him their leader. And Jephthah spoke all his words, in the sight of the Lord, at Mizpah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad; and all the people made him their prince. And Jephte spoke all his words before the Lord in Maspha. |
Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God,
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.
Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead; and the Israelites came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What is there between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”
Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh. He passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.
Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her.
Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah.
So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before the Lord, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
When Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord.