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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Jephthah
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Hbr 11:32; called Jephthae. |
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a mighty
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Jdg 6:12; 2Ki 5:1 |
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an harlot
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"Heb. a woman, an harlot. Probably zonah should be rendered as in Jos 2:1, a hostess, or inn-keeper: so Targum of Jonathan, wehoo bar ittetha pundekeetha, ""and he was the son of a woman, a tavern-keeper."" She was very probably a Canaanite, as she is called, Jdg 11:2, a strange woman, ishah achereth, ""a woman of another race;"" and on this account his brethren drove him from the family, as not having a full right to the inheritance." |
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Hbr 11:32 |
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets: |
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Jdg 6:12 |
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour. |
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2Ki 5:1 |
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper. |
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Jos 2:1 |
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. |
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Jdg 11:2 |
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the son of a strange woman. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Judges 11:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jdg/11/1.html>.
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