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Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
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A Flawed But Faithful Hero
Commentators explain that Jephthah's demand for leadership reveals his personal ambition, shaped by a difficult past and life among pagans. Despite his flaws, he is still listed among the faithful in Hebrews 11. This serves as a powerful reminder that God often works through imperfect people to accomplish His will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jephthah made his own aggrandizement the condition of his delivering his country. The circumstances of his birth and long residence in a pagan land…
19th Century
Anglican
Shall I be your head?— We must not be surprised if Jephthah does not display disinterested patriotism. He was only half an Israeli…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead Considering the former usage he had met with from them, and the character …
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