Judges 11:1

And there was one Iephthah a Gileadite, a strong man, the sonne of an harlot.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

In Context

2And Gilead begat Iephthah: And Gileads wyfe bare him sonnes, which when they were come to age, thrust out Iephthah, and said vnto him: Thou shalt not inherite in our fathers house, for thou art the sonne of a straunge woman.

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Cross References

Judges 6:12And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him, and said vnto him: The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man.

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:1

This 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 extraordinary call as the rest there mentioned had. Here we have, I. The disadvantages of his origin, ver. 1-3 . II. The Gileadites' choice of him to be commander-in-chief against the Ammonites, and the terms he made with them, ver. 4-11 . III. His treaty with the king of Ammon about the rights of the two nations,… Read the whole commentary →

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