Jephthah
10 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
12 sections
- Escapes the Violence of his Half-Brothers; Lives in the Land of Tob
- Faith of
- Falsely Accused by the Ephraimites
- His Message to the King of the Ammonites
- His Rash Vow Concerning Bis Daughter
- Illegitimate, and Therefore not Entitled to Inherit his Father's Property
- Leads Israel for Six Years, Dies, and is Buried in Gilead
- Leads the Army of Israel Against the Ammonites
- Leads the Army of the Gileadites Against the Ephraimites
- Made Captain of the Army
- Made Head of the Land of Gilead
- Recalled from the Land of Tob by the Elders of Gilead
Escapes the Violence of his Half-Brothers; Lives in the Land of Tob
- Judges 11:3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
Faith of
- Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
Falsely Accused by the Ephraimites
- Judges 12:1 Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
His Message to the King of the Ammonites
- Judges 11:12–28 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?” …
His Rash Vow Concerning Bis Daughter
- Judges 11:31 then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
- Judges 11:34–40 And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her. …
Illegitimate, and Therefore not Entitled to Inherit his Father's Property
- Judges 11:1–2 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father. …
Leads Israel for Six Years, Dies, and is Buried in Gilead
- Judges 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Leads the Army of Israel Against the Ammonites
- Judges 11:29–33 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites. …
Leads the Army of the Gileadites Against the Ephraimites
- Judges 12:4 Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
Made Captain of the Army
- Judges 11:5–11 and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. …
Made Head of the Land of Gilead
- Judges 11:7–11 Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?” …
Recalled from the Land of Tob by the Elders of Gilead
- Judges 11:5 and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Related topics
Diplomacy of Jephthah, with the King of Moab, UnsuccessfulAmbassadorsThe AmmonitesConsecrationVows of Jephthah
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.