Judges 11:32

32 Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to him.

Judges 11:32 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:32

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon, to fight
against them
As in ( Judges 11:29 ) , after he had made the above vow:

and the Lord delivered them into his hands;
when both armies met and engaged, victory was on the side of Jephthah; the Lord being with him, and giving him success, to where all is justly ascribed.

Judges 11:32 In-Context

30 Jephthah made a promise to the Lord, saying, "If you will hand over the Ammonites to me,

31 I will give you as a burnt offering the first thing that comes out of my house to meet me when I return from the victory. It will be the Lord's."

32 Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to him.

33 In a great defeat Jephthah struck them down from the city of Aroer to the area of Minnith, and twenty cities as far as the city of Abel Keramim. So the Ammonites were defeated by the Israelites.

34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, his daughter was the first one to come out to meet him, playing a tambourine and dancing. She was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.