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Judges 21:25 ESV

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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The Exhaustive Dictionary of Bible Names Jephthah

Jephthah (jef’-thah) = He will open; i.e., He will set free and liberate; He does open; He sets free; God opens; the breaker through. (root = to open; to ungirt; to unloose; to set free; to engrave).

The Exhaustive Dictionary of Bible Names Gilead

Gilead (ghil’-e-ad) = Perpetual fountain. A heap of testimony; a witness; mass of testimony; strong.

Judges 11:1 ESV

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

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Judges 11:1 ESV

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

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Judges 11:2 ESV

And Gilead’s wife also bore him sons. And when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”

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Judges 11:3 ESV

Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob, and worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.

Judges 11:4 ESV

After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.

Judges 11:5 ESV

And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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Judges 11:6 ESV

And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.”

Judges 11:7 ESV

But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”

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