JEPHTHAH

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

An outcast

Rises to leadership

Moved at times by God's Spirit

Made a rash vow

Delivered Israel from their enemies

A man who kept his vow

Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father’s property

Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of Tob

Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead

Made captain of the army

Judges 11:5-11

Made head of the land of Gilead

Judges 11:7-11

His message to the king of the Ammonites

Judges 11:12-28

Leads the army of Israel against the Ammonites

Judges 11:29-33

His rash vow concerning bis daughter

Judges 11:31 Judges 11:34-40

Falsely accused by the Ephraimites

Judges 12:1

Leads the army of the Gileadites against the Ephraimites

Leads Israel for six years, dies, and is buried in Gilead

Faith of

Hebrews 11:32