Judges 11:2

Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not inherit in our father’s house, for 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. Gilead became the father of Jephthah.

3Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out with him.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Deuteronomy 23:2A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly.

Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

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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