Quotes about Jephthah
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
— Judges 11:10
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
— Judges 11:1
But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
— Judges 11:28
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
— Judges 12:7
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
— Judges 12:8
The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
— Judges 11:13
to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
— Judges 11:15
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
— Judges 11:11
So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
— Judges 11:32
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
— Judges 11:3
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
— Judges 11:5
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
— Judges 11:8