Judges 11:32

32 And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.

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 He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

31 Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.

32 And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.

33 And he smote them from Aroer till you come to Mennith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is set with vineyards, with a very great slaughter: and the children of Ammon were humbled by the children of Israel.

34 And when Jephte returned into Maspha, to his house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and with dances: for he had no other children.