Judges 11:30

30 Jephthah made a solemn promise to the LORD: "If you will decisively hand over the Ammonites to me,

Judges 11:30 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord
Before he set out for the land of the children of Ammon, and to fight with them; hoping that such a religious disposition of mind would be regarded by the Lord, and be acceptable to him, and he should be blessed with success in his enterprise:

and said, if thou shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into
mine hands;
though he was assured of the justness of his cause, and of his call to engage in it, he seems to have some little diffidence in his mind about the success of it; at least, was not fully certain of it.

Judges 11:30 In-Context

28 But the Ammonite king refused to listen to the message that Jephthah sent to him.

29 Then the LORD's spirit came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he crossed over to the Ammonites.

30 Jephthah made a solemn promise to the LORD: "If you will decisively hand over the Ammonites to me,

31 then whatever comes out the doors of my house to meet me when I return victorious from the Ammonites will be given over to the LORD. I will sacrifice it as an entirely burned offering."

32 Jephthah crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to him.