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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Judges 11:1-2

It was remarked in the preceding chapter, that the men of Gilead were consulting who to appoint as their leader, to go out with them to battle against the Ammonites. The Lord was about to appear for their deliverance. And when the Lord comes forth for this purpose, he never needs an instrument in order to accomplish his gracious designs. The distinction that is here made between the children of lawful wedlock, and those sprung from unlawful connections, is uniformly marked through the bible.... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Judges 11:1

Harlot. Hebrew Zona, Josue ii. 1. It is uncertain whether she was properly a concubine, or a wife of inferior dignity. She lived with her son in the house of Galaad; (Calmet) at least the latter was in his father's house. (Haydock) --- Hence Jephte complains that he had been expelled, not that he was debarred from enjoying his father's inheritance, and consequently the law was not observed in his regard. Moses makes no provision for illegitimate children, but he excludes the son of a mamzer... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:1-11

1-11 Men ought not to be blamed for their parentage, so long as they by their personal merits roll away any reproach. God had forgiven Israel, therefore Jephthah will forgive. He speaks not with confidence of his success, knowing how justly God might suffer the Ammonites to prevail for the further punishment of Israel. Nor does he speak with any confidence at all in himself. If he succeed, it is the Lord delivers them into his hand; he thereby reminds his countrymen to look up to God as the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 11:1-11

Jephthah Chosen as Leader Against Ammon v. 1. Now Jephthah, the Gileadite, was a mighty man of valor, distinguished for courage and energy, but he was the son of an harlot, born outside of wedlock; and Gilead, one of the prominent men of the tribe, begat Jephthah, afterwards acknowledging him and rearing him in his house. v. 2. And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, expelled him from the home as not on the same level with them, and said... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 11:1-11

The previous history and exile of Jephthah. His recall by the elders of Gilead.Judges 11:1-11.1Now [And] Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour [a valiant hero], and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his [the] wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust [drove] out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for 3thou art the son of a strange [another] woman. Then [And] Jephthah fled from his... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 11:1-11

Turning to a Rejected Leader Judges 10:17-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 The life of Jephthah is a great consolation to those whose birth has been irregular. The sin of his parents was not allowed permanently to injure his career. He is also distinctly mentioned in Hebrews 11:1-40 as one of the heroes of faith. See Ezekiel 18:14-17 . Driven from his home, Jephthah took to the life of a bandit-chieftain, probably in much the same fashion as David in after-years when he protected, for payment, the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 11:1-40

At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently the iron had entered into his soul and he had gathered to himself a band of men and had become a kind of outlaw freebooter. He was evidently a man of courage and heroic daring, and it is impossible to read the story of the approach of the men of Gilead to him without recognizing that he had certain... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Judges 11:1

JEPHTHAH‘Jephthah the Gileadite.’ Judges 11:1 I. One thing is plain on the surface of the history: Jephthah was neither a godless nor a selfish man.—Not godless, for we find in the brief annals of his life more copious recognition of God than in the case of most of the other judges; and not selfish, because, forgetting his private wrongs, he devoted his life to the service of his country, and, overcoming his strongest feelings of natural affection, he did with his daughter according to his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:1

Chapter 11 Jephthah the Gileadite. This chapter gives an account of a further judge of Israel, Jephthah, of his descent and character, of the call the elders of Gilead gave him to be their general and lead out their forces against the Ammonites, and the agreement he made with them. It tells of the message that he sent to the children of Ammon, which brought on a dispute between him and them, about the land Israel possessed on that side of Jordan, which the Ammonites claimed, stressing Israel's... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 11:1-17

Judges 11:1-1 Kings : . Jephthah’ s Youth.— Jephthah (God opens the womb) is the Othello of Israelitish history, a splendid barbarian, “ little blessed with the soft phrase of peace,” familiar with “ moving accidents by flood and field,” who by his valour delivers his country, and by a mysterious fate sacrifices a life dearer to him than his own. A great warrior, he was handicapped in the race of life, and persecuted by his own flesh and blood, because he came into the world with the cruel... read more