Judges 11:1, The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should be their head; Judges 11:12, The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain; Judges 11:29, Jephthah’s vow; Judges 11:32, His conquest of the Ammonites; Judges 11:34, He performs his vow on his daughter.
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Judges 11
Judges 11 — Overview
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Judges 11 — OverviewJudges 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives as the history of Jephthah, another of Israel's
judges, and numbered among the worthies of the Old Testament, that by
faith did great things (Heb. xi. 32), though he had not such an…Judges 11 — OverviewJudges 11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of another judge of Israel, Jephthah, of his descent and character, Jud 11:1 of the call the elders of Gilead gave him to be their captain general, and lead out their forces against the…Judges 11:1-3Judges 11:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe princes and people of Gilead we left, in the close of the foregoing
chapter, consulting about the choice of a general, having come to this
resolve, that whoever would undertake to lead their forces against the…Judges 11:1Judges 11:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJephthah: Hebrews 11:32, called Jephthae
a mighty: Judges 6:12; 2 Kings 5:1
an harlot: Heb. a woman
an harlot: Probably zonah: should be rendered as in Joshua 2:1, a hostess, or inn-keeper, so Targum of Jonathan,…Judges 11:2Judges 11:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgethrust out: Genesis 12:10; Deuteronomy 23:2; Galatians 4:30
a strange: Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 5:3, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 6:24-26Judges 11:2Judges 11:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd Gilead's wife bare him sons,.... It seems that, after the birth of Jephthah, Gilead took him a lawful wife, who bore him sons:and his wife's sons grew up; to the estate of men:and they thrust out Jephthah: out of…