Judges 11:2

And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”

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In The King James Version

And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

In Context

1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:2-4

Jephthah's Promotion. ( b. c. 1143.) 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. The princes and people of… Read the whole commentary →

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