Jephthah made his own aggrandizement the condition of his delivering his country. The circumstances of his birth and long residence in a pagan land…

Shall I be your head?— We must not be surprised if Jephthah does not display disinterested patriotism. He was only half an Israeli…

And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead
Considering the former usage he had met with from them, and the character …

Men should not be blamed for their parentage, as long as they, by their personal merits, remove any reproach. God had forgiven Israel; therefore, J…