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Themes in Judges 11

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Themes in Judges 11

Judges 11:1 (show verse)

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot, and Gilead begot Jephthah.

Adultery » Instances of » Gilead
Bastard » Instances of » Jephthah
Gilead » Father of jephthah
Jephthah » Summary of his life » An outcast
Jephthah » Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jephthah
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:2 (show verse)

And Gilead's wife bore sons to him. And when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shall not inherit in our father's house, for thou are the son of another woman.

Children » Illegitimate » Despised by their brethren
Gilead » Father of jephthah
Jephthah » Summary of his life » An outcast
Jephthah » Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Strife » Instances of » Jephthah and his brothers

Judges 11:3 (show verse)

Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And vain fellows were gathered to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

Jephthah » Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of tob
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Tob » A district » A district in syria

Judges 11:4 (show verse)

And it came to pass after a while, that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:5 (show verse)

And it was so, that, when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Jephthah » Recalled from the land of tob by the elders of gilead
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Tob » A district » A district in syria

Judges 11:6 (show verse)

And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the sons of Ammon.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:7 (show verse)

And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did ye not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? And why have ye come to me now when ye are in distress?

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Hatred » Exemplified » Men of gilead
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Jephthah » Made head of the land of gilead
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, For that reason we turned again to thee now, that thou may go with us, and fight with the sons of Ammon. And thou shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Jephthah » Made head of the land of gilead
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:9 (show verse)

And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?

Judges 11:10 (show verse)

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, LORD shall be witness between us. Surely according to thy word so will we do.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Rises to leadership
Jephthah » Made head of the land of gilead
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Oath » The elders of gilead confirm their pledge to jephthah by
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:11 (show verse)

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before LORD in Mizpah.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Israel » Names of the rulers before saul was anointed king » 9 jephthah
Jephthah » Made head of the land of gilead
Jephthah » Made captain of the army
Judges of israel » Names of the rulers before saul was anointed king » 9 jephthah
Mizpah » In gilead
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:12 (show verse)

And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, What have thou to do with me, that thou have come to me to fight against my land?

Judges 11:13 (show verse)

And the king of the sons of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore those [lands] agai

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
Ammonites » Territory of
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:14 (show verse)

And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon.

Judges 11:15 (show verse)

And he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon,

Judges 11:16 (show verse)

but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh,

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh in the wilderness of zin
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:17 (show verse)

then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land, but the king of Edom did not hearken. And in like manner he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not. And Israel abode in Kadesh

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
journey of israel through the Desert » To kadesh in the wilderness of zin » The king of edom refuses a passage
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Edomites, the » Refused israel a passage
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Moabites » Refused to let israel pass
Moabites » Refuse passage of jephthah's army through their territory
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:18 (show verse)

Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab. And they encamped on the other side of the Arnon, but they did not come within the border

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Moabites » The territory east of the jordan river, bounded on the north by the arnon river
Moabites » Refused to let israel pass
Moabites » Refuse passage of jephthah's army through their territory
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:19 (show verse)

And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon. And Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land to my place.

Judges 11:20 (show verse)

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

Judges 11:21 (show verse)

And LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

Judges 11:22 (show verse)

And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Amorites » Territory of
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jabbok » The northern boundary of the amorites
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:23 (show verse)

So now LORD, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should thou possess them?

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Amorites » Given to descendants of abraham
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:24 (show verse)

Will thou not possess that which Chemosh thy god gives thee to possess? So whomever LORD our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Chemosh » An idol of » And of the amorites
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Chemosh » Chemosh, a God of the moabites

Judges 11:25 (show verse)

And now are thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Balak » King of moab
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:26 (show verse)

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did ye not recover them within that time?

Ambassadors » Israelites to various nations
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Aroer » A city » A city of the amorites in the valley of the river arnon » Conquered by israelites
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of jephthah, with the king of moab, unsuccessful
Jephthah » His message to the king of the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon

Judges 11:27 (show verse)

I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou do me wrong to war against me. LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.

Judges 11:28 (show verse)

However the king of the sons of Ammon did not hearken to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

Judges 11:29 (show verse)

Then the Spirit of LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the sons of Ammon.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Holy spirit » Inspiration of » The judges » Jephthah
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Moved at times by God's spirit
Jephthah » Leads the army of israel against the ammonites
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:30 (show verse)

And Jephthah vowed a vow to LORD, and said, If thou will indeed deliver the sons of Ammon into my hand,

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Made a rash vow
Jephthah » Leads the army of israel against the ammonites
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Vows » Examples of
Vows » Recorded in scripture » Of jephthah
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:31 (show verse)

then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Made a rash vow
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Jephthah » Leads the army of israel against the ammonites
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Rashness » Examples of
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Vows » Recorded in scripture » Of jephthah
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:32 (show verse)

So Jephthah passed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and LORD delivered them into his hand.

Ammonites » Defeated by the israelites
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Jephthah » Leads the army of israel against the ammonites
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:33 (show verse)

And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

Ammonites » Defeated by the israelites
the Ammonites » Jephthah raised up to deliver israel from
Aroer » A city built » By gadites
Grape » Grown » At abel (margin)
Jephthah » Summary of his life » Delivered israel from their enemies
Jephthah » Leads the army of israel against the ammonites
Minnith » A place east of the jordan river
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Prayer » Answered » Israelites for deliverance » Ammon
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Vineyard » Plain of the
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:34 (show verse)

And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. And she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

Chosen Instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Dancing » Worldly
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Joy » Instances of » Of jephthah's daughter, when he returned from his victory over the ammonites
Mizpah » In gilead
Music » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Musical instruments » Names of » Timbrels, or tambourines
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Timbrel » By jephthah's daughter
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful
Woman » Young » Happy
Women » Are mirthsome

Judges 11:35 (show verse)

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! Thou have brought me very low, and thou are one of those who trouble me, for I have opened my mouth to LORD, and I cannot go back.

Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:36 (show verse)

And she said to him, My father, thou have opened thy mouth to LORD. Do to me according to that which has proceeded out of thy mouth, inasmuch as LORD has taken vengeance for thee on thine enemies, even on the sons of Ammon.

Children » Good Children » Good Parents » Jephthah's daughter
Children » Instances of » Jephthah's daughter
Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Oaths » Instances of rash, &c » Jephthah
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:37 (show verse)

And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Months » The jews computed time by
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Virgin » Virginity of, bewailed
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful
Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
Women » Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity

Judges 11:38 (show verse)

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months. And she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Marriage » Celibacy deplored
Marriage » The jews » Considered being debarred from, a cause of grief
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Virgin » Virginity of, bewailed
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:39 (show verse)

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed, and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Jephthah » Summary of his life » A man who kept his vow
Rashness » Instances of » Jephthah's vow
Religious zeal » Instances of » Jephthah
Virgin » Virginity of, bewailed
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful

Judges 11:40 (show verse)

that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

Consecration » Instances of » Jephthah, of his daughter
Jephthah » His rash vow concerning bis daughter
Lamentations » Examples of » For jephthah's daughter
Vows » Rash » By jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the ammonites were successful