Rodem story tytuł predestynuje się do nudnych bliżej było gier become The genealogy shows that was ten generations away from his bastard ancestor. This fact shows one of the reasons why was not to have a during the period of the Judges. Only someone from Judah could be and virtually all of Judah was temporarily excluded. This fact shows the folly of what Jephthah tried to accomplish AND GILEAD WAS THE FATHER OF JEPHTHAH: Gilead is here a person's name, contrast to and elsewhere Gilead contrast to Gideon was apparently not a polygamist lbut he was adulterer. Krell Jephthah's name means he opens, and he is quite good at opening his mouth and speaking. Unfortunately, his mouth ends up getting him a lot of trouble. is the of the Old Testament. Yet, initially he is the victim, not the victimizer. When 's dad dies and the inheritance is to be divided, his brothers drive him away because he is the of a Little do 's brothers realize they are rejecting the that would deliver them and all of Jephthah is good company though. was rejected by his brothers and later became their savior. It also took seven years to gain the full support of the twelve tribes of Even was rejected by His people, but be received by them when He comes again. Indeed, God has a huge sense of humor and He shows it here. Jephthah turns out to be the most gifted the family. What a great reminder that God chooses the weak and foolish people of this world to shame the wise and strong. Bush 1. Jephthah -was a mighty of valor. properly perhaps, ‘had become.' The original היה hâyâh, is not merely a verb of existence, but denotes the transition of its subject, from one state to another. When its meaning is simply ‘is,' or ‘was,' it is almost invariably omitted the original. Here, however, it is inserted, and probably hints at the process by which Jephthah had gradually become distinguished. The of Heb. אשה זונה ishâh zonâh, a woman, a Not begotten lawful wedlock. The Jewish commentators, for the most part, give a softening exposition of the term here employed, as if it imported merely a concubine, or a gentile, i. e. a foreign or strange woman, not one of the Israelitish race, as she is termed Jdg 11. But without doing violence to its ordinary and most legitimate sense, we know not how to depart from the rendering of the text. At the same time, it is to be observed, that our limited knowledge of the actual state of manners and society those ancient periods, prevents us from affirming, that the word conveys precisely the idea of public addictedness to degrading vice, which its modern acceptation imports. It have indicated a character somewhat less vile and iniquitous, but the ambiguity of the term is not sufficient to cover all disgrace Jephthah's origin. His extraction, however, whatever it was, was the fault and disgrace of his parents rather than of himself, and a should not be reproached with the unhappiness of his birth, when his own conduct bespeaks him deserving a more honorable relation. Gilead begat Jephthah. One of the descendants of the Gilead mentioned Num. 32; 17, 3, and bearing his name. To what tribe he belonged is not certain, but probably that of Manasseh beyond the 1 Chron. 7. Barber on Jephthah It is doubtful if we can experience any hurt more painful than the ache of rejection. The great Scottish preacher Dr. Whyte knew what this was like. He had been born out of wedlock, which carried a lifelong stigma his day. The unfortunate circumstances of his birth excluded him from the company of his peers. He had to contend with the mockery of boys his age, the scorn of the girls, and the whispers of the townspeople whenever they saw him the street. He knew from painful personal experience the agony of being made to bear the punishment of a sin not his own. Whyte, 's father, had offered to Thompson, 's mother, but she refused. When was born, his mother gave him his father's surname. She reared him poverty, but with deep spiritual piety. time he became apprenticed to a shoemaker. Through hard work he was finally able to study at the universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Dr. Whyte never forgot his illegitimacy. His preaching was marked by a keen sensitivity to the evils of his day, as well as a profound identification with those who suffered. the course of his ministry, he preached on most of the people of the Bible, and his character studies now fill two large volumes. His insights into the life and character of Jephthah paint a vivid word-portrait: Jephthah the Gileadite was the most ill-used all the Old Testament, and he continues to be the most completely misunderstood, misrepresented, and ill-used down to this day. Jephthah's ill-usage began when he was born, and it has continued down to the last Old Testament commentary and last Bible dictionary that treats of Jephthah's name. The iron had entered Jephthah's soul while yet he lay his mother's womb; and both his father and his brothers and the elders of helped forward Jephthah's affliction, till the Lord up