Jephthah led the Israelites in battle against Ammon and, in exchange for defeating the Ammonites, made a vow to sacrifice whatever would come out of the door of his house first. When his daughter was the first to come out of the house, he immediately regretted the vow, which bound him to sacrifice his daughter to God. Jephthah carried out his vow.

2020年1月9日 · Jephthah was a mighty warrior and brilliant military strategist. He attempted to negotiate with the enemy to prevent bloodshed. Men fought for him because he must have been a natural leader. Jephthah also called on the Lord, who endowed him with supernatural strength.

Finally, Jephthah warned them that a similar fate awaited the Ammonites unless they withdrew from the Land of Israel peacefully. When Jephthah saw that his notes failed, he was ready for war. He used a successful outflanking maneuver, moving his men through narrow passes in the hills, until he reached the land of the Ammonites.

2024年4月22日 · Jephthah was a leader in Israel during the time of the Judges. He’s best known for winning a decisive battle against an invading Ammonite army—and for a foolish oath that cost his innocent daughter her life. The story of Jephthah and his daughter is a poignant and tragic tale from the Bible, found in the Book of Judges, chapters 11 and 12.

After the war a quarrel broke out between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, who reproached him for not having called them to take part. Having seized the fords of the Jordan, Jephthah required every fugitive who attempted to cross to pronounce the word "shibboleth."

2021年10月25日 · The story of Jephthah is set in the time of the judges, when Israel was settling into the land they had taken possession of many years early under Joshua’s leadership. Continuing their repeated pattern of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance, the people of Israel were suffering attacks by the Ammonites, who normally occupied the ...

2022年1月4日 · Jephthah served as a judge over Israel for six years following the leadership of Jair. His account is recorded in Judges 11:1—12:7. First, Jephthah was a Gileadite but was born of a prostitute. Though a mighty warrior (Judges 11:1), he was driven away from the family as an adult because he was considered an illegitimate child.

Jephthah gathered an army of Gileadites and defeated the Ephraimites. The Ephraimites tried to escape by crossing the river. The Gileadites, who controlled the approaches to the Jordan River, asked each one of the survivors if he was an Ephraimite.

Jephthah, a Gileadite warrior, is introduced as a man of valor who faced adversity from his own family. Born of a harlot, he was cast out by his half-brothers but later rose to prominence as a leader of the Israelites during a time of oppression by the Ammonites.

Gileadite warrior, who as a judge delivered Israel from the Ammonites, sacrificed his daughter to fulfill his vow to God, and defeated the Ephraimites (Judg 11:1-12:7). 1. Name. The Heb. (or W Sem.) name Jephthah (יִפְתָּ֥ח) also appears as a place name, Iphtah (Josh 15:43).