Gilead (Jdg 11:1)
He was the father of Jephthah. Named in scripture at Judges 11:1.
Where in scripture
JudgesNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jephthah.
Judges 11:1
Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You will not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”
Judges 11:2
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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In their own words — 6 recorded sayings
“And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.” — Judges 10:18
“And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.” — Judges 11:6
“And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.” — Judges 11:8
“And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, May the Lord be our witness: we will certainly do as you say.” — Judges 11:10
“And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;” — Judges 12:5
“Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.” — Judges 12:6
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