28. But the king of Ammon didn’t listen to the message Jephthah sent him.
29. Then the Lord’s Spirit came over Jephthah. Jephthah went through Gilead, Manasseh, and Mizpah in Gilead ⌊to gather an army⌋. From Mizpah in Gilead Jephthah went to attack Ammon.
30. Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said, “If you will really hand Ammon over to me,
31. then whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from Ammon will belong to the Lord. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”
32. So Jephthah went to fight against Ammon. The Lord handed the people of Ammon over to him.
33. He defeated them from Aroer to Minnith and on to Abel Keramim, 20 cities in all. It was a decisive defeat. So the Ammonites were crushed by the people of Israel.
34. When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, he saw his daughter coming out to meet him. She was dancing with tambourines in her hands. She was his only child. Jephthah had no other sons or daughters.