11:29 The Lord’s spirit empowered 3 Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went 4 to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. 5 11:30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,
1 tn Heb “did not listen to.”
2 tn Heb “Jephthah’s words which he sent to him.”
3 tn Heb “was on.”
4 tn Heb “passed through.”
5 tn Heb “From Mizpah in Gilead he passed through [to] the Ammonites.”