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Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
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A Short and Sorrowful Rule
Commentators note that Jephthah's six-year term as judge was relatively short. John Gill speculates that his life may have been 'worn away with grief' from the sacrifice of his daughter and the bloody civil war with Ephraim. His story serves as a somber reminder of the heavy personal cost of leadership marked by tragedy and conflict.
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19th Century
Anglican
Judged Israel. —The word implies that he was one of the recognised Shophetim, but there are no details to show in the cas…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jephthah judged Israel six years After the affair of the Ephraimites, he was acknowledged by all Israel as their…
Presbyterian
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…