Dictionary entry

JEPHTHAH

Nave's Topical Bible

→ (A judge (leader, hero) of Israel)

→ Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property Jud 11:1,2

→ Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of Tob Jud 11:3

→ Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead Jud 11:5

→ Made captain of the army Jud 11:5-11

→ Made head of the land of Gilead Jud 11:7-11

→ His message to the king of the Ammonites Jud 11:12-28

→ Leads the army of Israel against the Ammonites Jud 11:29-33

→ His rash vow concerning bis daughter Jud 11:31,34-40

→ Falsely accused by the Ephraimites Jud 12:1

→ Leads the army of the Gileadites against the Ephraimites Jud 12:4

→ Leads Israel for six years, dies, and is buried in Gilead Jud 12:7

→ Faith of Heb 11:32