Judges 11:1-11
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Now d Jephthah the Gileadite was e a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
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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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Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of f Tob, and g worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.
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After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
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And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of f Tob.
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And they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites."
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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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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and h be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
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Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them over to me, I will be your head."
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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, i "The Lord will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say."
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So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people j made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words k before the Lord at l Mizpah.
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Cross References
Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -
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Cross References
Judges 6:12
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.
2 Kings 5:1
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.
2 Samuel 10:8
And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the gate, and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
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Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
1 Samuel 22:2
And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.
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Judges 11:3
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob, and worthless fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.
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Judges 10:18
And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 42:5
Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all the word with which the Lord your God sends you to us.
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Cross References
Judges 11:6
And they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.
Judges 11:8
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Judges 10:18
And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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Cross References
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Cross References
Judges 10:17
Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
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