Judges 11:1

וְיִפְתָּח הַגִּלְעָדִי הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל וְהוּא בֶּן ־ אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיּוֹלֶד גִּלְעָד אֶת ־ יִפְתָּֽח ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַתֵּלֶד אֵֽשֶׁת ־ גִּלְעָד לוֹ בָּנִים וַיִּגְדְּלוּ בְֽנֵי ־ הָאִשָּׁה וַיְגָרְשׁוּ אֶת ־ יִפְתָּח וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ לֹֽא ־ תִנְחַל בְּבֵית ־ אָבִינוּ כִּי בֶּן ־ אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת אָֽתָּה ׃

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Cross References

Judges 6:12וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוָה עִמְּךָ גִּבּוֹר הֶחָֽיִל ׃

2 Kings 5:1וְנַעֲמָן שַׂר ־ צְבָא מֶֽלֶךְ ־ אֲרָם הָיָה אִישׁ גָּדוֹל לִפְנֵי אֲדֹנָיו וּנְשֻׂא פָנִים כִּֽי ־ בוֹ נָֽתַן ־ יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה לַאֲרָם וְהָאִישׁ הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל מְצֹרָֽע ׃

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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