Judged Israel. —The word implies that he was one of the recognised Shophetim, but there are no details to show in the cas…

And Jephthah judged Israel six years
After the affair of the Ephraimites, he was acknowledged by all Israel as their…

The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is wro…