1 Jephthah, a brave soldier from Gilead, was the son of a prostitute. His father Gilead2 had other sons by his wife, and when they grew up, they forced Jephthahto leave home. They told him, "You will not inherit anything from our father; you are the son of another woman." 3 Jephthahfled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. There he attracted a group of worthless men, and they went around with him.
4 It was some time later that the Ammoniteswent to war against Israel. 5 When this happened, the leaders of Gileadwent to bring Jephthahback from the land of Tob. 6 They told him, "Come and lead us, so that we can fight the Ammonites."
7 But Jephthahanswered, "You hated me so much that you forced me to leave my father’s house. Why come to me now that you’re in trouble?"
8 They said to Jephthah, "We are turning to you now because we want you to go with us and fight the Ammonitesand lead all the people of Gilead."
9 Jephthahsaid to them, "If you take me back home to fight the Ammonitesand the Lordgives me victory, I will be your ruler."
10 They replied, "We agree. The Lordis our witness." 11 So Jephthahwent with the leaders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and leader. Jephthahstated his terms at Mizpahin the presence of the Lord.
12 Then Jephthahsent messengers to the king of Ammonto say, "What is your quarrel with us? Why have you invaded our country?"
13 The king of Ammonanswered Jephthah’s messengers, "When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon Riverto the Jabbok Riverand the Jordan River. Now you must give it back peacefully."
14 Jephthahsent messengers back to the king of Ammon15 with this answer: "It is not true that Israel took away the land of Moabor the land of Ammon. 16 This is what happened: when the Israelites left Egypt, they went through the desert to the Gulf of Aqabaand came to Kadesh. 17 Nu 20.14-21Then they sent messengers to the king of Edomto ask permission to go through his land. But the king of Edomwould not let them. They also asked the king of Moab, but neither would he let them go through his land. So the Israelites stayed at Kadesh. 18 Nu 21.4Then they went on through the desert, going around the land of Edomand the land of Moabuntil they came to the east side of Moab, on the other side of the Arnon River. They camped there, but they did not cross the Arnonbecause it was the boundary of Moab. 19 Nu 21.21-24Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon, the Amorite king of Heshbon, and asked him for permission to go through his country to their own land. 20 But Sihonwould not let Israel do it. He brought his whole army together, camped at Jahaz, and attacked Israel. 21 But the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the Israelites victory over Sihonand his army. So the Israelites took possession of all the territory of the Amorites who lived in that country. 22 They occupied all the Amorite territory from the Arnonin the south to the Jabbokin the north and from the desert on the east to the Jordanon the west. 23 So it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who drove out the Amorites for his people, the Israelites. 24 Are you going to try to take it back? You can keep whatever your god Chemosh has given you. But we are going to keep everything that the Lord, our God, has taken for us. 25 Nu 22.1-6Do you think you are any better than Balakson of Zippor, king of Moab? He never challenged Israel, did he? Did he ever go to war against us? 26 For three hundred years Israel has occupied Heshbonand Aroer, and the towns around them, and all the cities on the banks of the Arnon River. Why haven’t you taken them back in all this time? 27 No, I have not done you any wrong. You are doing wrong by making war on me. The Lordis the judge. He will decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites." 28 But the king of Ammonpaid no attention to this message from Jephthah.
29 Then the spirit of the Lordcame upon Jephthah. He went through Gileadand Manasseh and returned to Mizpahin Gileadand went on to Ammon. 30 Jephthahpromised the Lord: "If you will give me victory over the Ammonites, 31 I will burn as an offering the first person that comes out of my house to meet me, when I come back from the victory. I will offer that person to you as a sacrifice."
32 So Jephthahcrossed the river to fight the Ammonites, and the Lordgave him victory. 33 He struck at them from Aroerto the area around Minnith, twenty cities in all, and as far as Abel Keramim. There was a great slaughter, and the Ammoniteswere defeated by Israel.
Jephthah’s Daughter
34 When Jephthahwent back home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child. 35 Nu 30.2When he saw her, he tore his clothes in sorrow and said, "Oh, my daughter! You are breaking my heart! Why must it be you that causes me pain? I have made a solemn promise to the Lord, and I cannot take it back!"
36 She told him, "If you have made a promise to the Lord, do what you said you would do to me, since the Lordhas given you revenge on your enemies, the Ammonites." 37 But she asked her father, "Do this one thing for me. Leave me alone for two months, so that I can go with my friends to wander in the mountains and grieve that I must die a virgin." 38 He told her to go and sent her away for two months. She and her friends went up into the mountains and grieved because she was going to die unmarried and childless. 39 After two months she came back to her father. He did what he had promised the Lord, and she died still a virgin.
This was the origin of the custom in Israel 40 that the Israelite women would go out for four days every year to grieve for the daughter of Jephthahof Gilead.
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Jephthah
יִפְתָּחyifətachΙεφθαεIephthae
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Gilead is the land Moses gave to Machir of Manasseh and where Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had their own land. Jair, who led Israel, and Elijah came from there (Numbers 32:40).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Gilead is the land Moses gave to Machir of Manasseh and where Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had their own land. Jair, who led Israel, and Elijah came from there (Numbers 32:40).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Gilead is the land Moses gave to Machir of Manasseh and where Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had their own land. Jair, who led Israel, and Elijah came from there (Numbers 32:40).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites; Israel camped on the other side of the Arnon, and the land taken from Sihon extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:13).
The Jabbok is a river whose ford Jacob crossed at night with his two wives, two female servants, and eleven sons. It was the border of the Ammonites, and Israel took over the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:24).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Edom is the land of Seir, where Jacob’s brother Esau lived. The king of Edom refused Israel passage through his land, and Edom rebelled against Judah (2 Kings 8:22).
Edom is the land of Seir, where Jacob’s brother Esau lived. The king of Edom refused Israel passage through his land, and Edom rebelled against Judah (2 Kings 8:22).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Edom is the land of Seir, where Jacob’s brother Esau lived. The king of Edom refused Israel passage through his land, and Edom rebelled against Judah (2 Kings 8:22).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites; Israel camped on the other side of the Arnon, and the land taken from Sihon extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:13).
The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites; Israel camped on the other side of the Arnon, and the land taken from Sihon extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:13).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Jahaz is the place where Sihon fought against Israel after refusing to let Israel pass through his territory. It was also a city of the tribe of Reuben, beside Bezer (Numbers 21:23).
The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites; Israel camped on the other side of the Arnon, and the land taken from Sihon extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:13).
The Jabbok is a river whose ford Jacob crossed at night with his two wives, two female servants, and eleven sons. It was the border of the Ammonites, and Israel took over the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:24).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
Moab is a land ruled by kings, such as Eglon and Balak, where David asked the king to shelter his parents; fire and punishment are proclaimed against it (Amos 2:2).
Aroer was a city by the Arnon River, where the territory given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad began, extending to half the hill country of Gilead, with its towns (Deuteronomy 3:12).
The Arnon was the border between Moab and the Amorites; Israel camped on the other side of the Arnon, and the land taken from Sihon extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:13).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Gilead is the land Moses gave to Machir of Manasseh and where Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had their own land. Jair, who led Israel, and Elijah came from there (Numbers 32:40).
Gilead is the land Moses gave to Machir of Manasseh and where Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had their own land. Jair, who led Israel, and Elijah came from there (Numbers 32:40).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
Jephthah the Gileadite was called by the elders of Gilead to be their commander in the war against the Ammonites and led Israel for six years. Son of Gilead and a prostitute, he had been driven out by his brothers (Judges 12:7).