Jephthah
a valiant warrior (JDG 11:1)
Personmale26 verses
Names
- Jephthah — יִפְתָּח yifətach “y-h-v-h opens, frees” (H3316) · Ιεφθαε Iephthae (G2422) — Judges 11:1
Dated events
- Beginning of Jephthah's judging Israel — 2,855 AH · 1,188 BC (Ussher) — Judges 11:11
- Jephthah's period of 300 years ended — 2,855 AH · 1,187 BC (Ussher) — Judges 11:26
- End of Jephthah's judging Israel — 2,861 AH · 1,182 BC (Ussher) — Judges 12:7
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
Appearances
- Judges 11:1
- Judges 11:2
- Judges 11:3
- Judges 11:5
- Judges 11:6
- Judges 11:7
- Judges 11:8
- Judges 11:9
- Judges 11:10
- Judges 11:11
- Judges 11:12
- Judges 11:13
and 14 further references.
Topical references
- Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property — Judges 11:1; Judges 11:2
- Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of Tob — Judges 11:3
- Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead — Judges 11:5
- Made captain of the army — Judges 11:5
- Made head of the land of Gilead — Judges 11:7
- His message to the king of the Ammonites — Judges 11:12
- Leads the army of Israel against the Ammonites — Judges 11:29
- His rash vow concerning bis daughter — Judges 11:31; Judges 11:34
- Falsely accused by the Ephraimites — Judges 12:1
- Leads the army of the Gileadites against the Ephraimites — Judges 12:4
- Leads Israel for six years, dies, and is buried in Gilead — Judges 12:7
- Faith of — Hebrews 11:32
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.