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CHAPTER XI
_The history of Jephthah, and his covenant with the Gileadites_,
1-10.
_He is elected by the people_, 11.
_Sends an embassy to the king of the Ammonites, to inquire why_
_they invaded...
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The history of Jephthah appears to be an independent history inserted
by the compiler of the Book of Judges. Judges 11:4 introduce the
Ammonite war without any apparent reference to Judges 10:17.
A ge...
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CHAPTER 11 JEPHTHAH AND THE AMMONITES
_ 1. Jephthah's covenant (Judges 11:1)_
2. The messages to Ammon (Judges 11:12)
3. Jephthah's vow and victory (Judges 11:29)
4. Jephthah keeps his vow ...
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JEPHTHAH'S YOUTH. Jephthah (God _opens_ the womb) is the Othello of
Israelitish history, a splendid barbarian, little blessed with the
soft phrase of peace, familiar with moving accidents by flood and...
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JEPHTHAH. He will deliver. Note the Fig, _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), to
call attention to the facts of this verse, introducing Jephthah. All
was irregular: no king, no judge, no priest.
GILEADITE. son o...
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_Jephthah_ Hebr. _Yiphtaḥ_, probably a shortened form of
Yiphtaḥ-el = _God will open_; cf. Pethah-iah Ezra 10:23. The full
form occurs as the name of a town Joshua 19:14; Joshua 19:27.
_the Gileadite_...
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_JEPHTHAH'S COVENANT WITH THE GILEADITES: HIS VOW; WHICH HE PERFORMETH
ON HIS DAUGHTER._
_Before Christ 1186._
_JUDGES 11:1. THE SON OF AN HARLOT_— See the note on Joshua 2:1.
Josephus understands i...
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_Jephthah Delivers Israel Judges 11:1-28_
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the
son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah,
2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wi...
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_NOW JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE WAS A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR, AND HE WAS THE
SON OF AN HARLOT: AND GILEAD BEGAT JEPHTHAH._
Jephthah - `opener.'
SON OF AN HARLOT - a concubine, or foreigner; implying an in...
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As the son of a harlot, Jephthah has no legal standing in the tribe.
GILEAD BEGAT] Throughout the rest of the narrative Gilead is the name
of a place, not a person (cp. Judges 12:7). Here Gilead's 'so...
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JEPHTHAH'S VICTORY OVER THE AMMONITES. HIS RASH VOW
1-11. The Choice of Jephthah....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 11
V1 Jephthah, a man from Gilead’s family, was a brave soldier.
Gilead was his father. V2 His mother was a woman who sold her body for
sex. Gilead’...
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THE SON OF AN HARLOT. — The words are so rendered in all the
versions, and can hardly have any other meaning. If an inferior wife
had been meant, the word used would not have been _zonah,_ but
_pilges...
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וְ יִפְתָּ֣ח הַ גִּלְעָדִ֗י הָיָה֙
גִּבֹּ֣ור...
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GILEAD AND ITS CHIEF
Judges 10:1; Judges 11:1
THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we
learn first of the influence which the region called Gilead was coming
to have in Hebre...
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TURNING TO A REJECTED LEADER
Judges 10:17; Judges 11:1
The life of Jephthah is a great consolation to those whose birth has
been irregular. The sin of his parents was not allowed permanently to
injur...
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At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of
interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his
inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently th...
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Jephthah was a brave man whose mother was a harlot. The men of Gilead
allowed his brethren to drive him away so he could not receive a part
of the inheritance of their father. He went to live in the l...
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Harlot. Hebrew Zona, Josue ii. 1. It is uncertain whether she was
properly a concubine, or a wife of inferior dignity. She lived with
her son in the house of Galaad; (Calmet) at least the latter was i...
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It was remarked in the preceding chapter, that the men of Gilead were
consulting who to appoint as their leader, to go out with them to
battle against the Ammonites. The Lord was about to appear for t...
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CONTENTS
The history of the Judges during the commonwealth of Israel, and their
government is continued. In this chapter we have the relation of
Jephthuh's administration. His birth, valor, contest w...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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_JEPHTHAH_
‘Jephthah the Gileadite.’
Judges 11:1
I. ONE THING IS PLAIN ON THE SURFACE OF THE HISTORY: JEPHTHAH WAS
NEITHER A GODLESS NOR A SELFISH MAN.—Not godless, for we find in the
brief annals...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12.
After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in
the internal struggles which took place between the children of
Israel...
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NOW JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE WAS A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR,.... Jephthah
had his name of Gileadite either from his father, whose name was
Gilead, or from the city and country in which he was born, which is...
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Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he [was]
the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Ver. 1. _Was a mighty man of valour._] _Magna vi animi et corporis
fuit,_ as Sallu...
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_Jephthah the Gileadite_ So called, either from his father Gilead, or
from the mountain, or city of Gilead, the place of his birth. _Son of
a harlot_ That is, a bastard. And though such were not ordin...
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1 The Couenant betweene Iephthah and the Gileadites, that hee should
be their head.
12 The treaty of peace betweene him and the Ammonites is in vaine.
29 Iephthahs vow.
32 His conquest of the Ammon...
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Now Jephthah, the Gileadite, was a mighty man of valor, distinguished
for courage and energy, BUT HE WAS THE SON OF AN HARLOT, born outside
of wedlock; AND GILEAD, one of the prominent men of the trib...
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JEPHTHAH CHOSEN AS LEADER AGAINST AMMON...
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JEPHTHAH; AN UNUSUAL LEADER
(vv. 1-11)
There was one man whose capacities for leadership stood out above
others in Israel, Jephthah a Gileadite, but he was not popular, being
the son of a prostitute...
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AN HARLOT:
_ Heb._ a woman, an harlot...
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1-11 Men ought not to be blamed for their parentage, so long as they
by their personal merits roll away any reproach. God had forgiven
Israel, therefore Jephthah will forgive. He speaks not with conf...
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JUDGES CHAPTER 11 Jephthah dwells in the land of Tob, JUDGES 11:1; is
called by the elders of Gilead to command in chief against the
Ammonites, JUDGES 11:4. He demands to be continued head after the w...
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Judges 11:1 Jephthah H3316 Gileadite H1569 man H1368 valor H2428 son
H1121 harlot H802 H2181 (H8802) Gilead...
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CHAPTER 11 JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE.
This chapter gives an account of a further judge of Israel, Jephthah,
of his descent and character, of the call the elders of Gilead gave
him to be their general an...
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Judges 11:1. _Jephthah son of a harlot._ The Hebrew is the same as in
Joshua 2:1. The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2., son of a
hostess.
Judges 11:3. Vain men,
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_Jephthah the Gileadite._
JEPHTHAH
It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of
the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike rash in vowing and
heartless in fulfilling; one whom...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 11:1 JEPHTHAH was a MIGHTY WARRIOR, but his
illegitimacy caused his half brothers to force him out of his
father’s house. He attracted WORTHLESS FELLOWS (v....
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_CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY_
Judges 11:1.
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 11:1. THE GILEADITE.] Many regard this as
not a definite patronymic, but indicating that he belonged to the clan...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 11:1
The narrative here goes back probably some years, to explain the
antecedents of Jephthah, who was about to play so prominent a part in
the ensuing history. Jephthah we learn wa...
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He was a mighty man of valour, he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead
begat Jephthah. And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and the wife's sons
when they grew up, they threw Jephthah out, and they said, Yo...
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2 Kings 5:1; Hebrews 11:32; Joshua 2:1; Judges 6:12...
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Gileadite — So called, either from his father Gilead, or from the
mountain, or city of Gilead, the place of his birth. Son of a harlot
— That is, a bastard. And though such were not ordinarily to ente...