Judges 11:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:32 : 32 And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:
  • Judg 6:12 : 12 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 11:2-12
    11 verses
    86%

    2And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.

    3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

    4And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

    5And it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;

    6and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

    7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

    8And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

    9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

    10And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.

    11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

    12And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

  • Judg 11:28-32
    5 verses
    74%

    28Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

    29Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

    30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

    31then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

    32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.

  • Judg 12:1-5
    5 verses
    72%

    1And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

    2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.

    3And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

    4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.

    5And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

  • Hos 1:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, [departing] from Jehovah.

    3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bare him a son.

    4And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

  • Judg 11:34-35
    2 verses
    71%

    34And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

    35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back.

  • Judg 12:7
    70%

    7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.

  • Judg 11:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;

    15and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,

  • 1 Chr 7:14
    68%

    14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:

  • Judg 11:39-40
    2 verses
    68%

    39And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel, [

    40that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

  • Gen 19:37
    67%

    37And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

  • Judg 10:4
    67%

    4And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

  • Num 26:29-30
    2 verses
    66%

    29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

    30These are the sons of Gilead: [of] Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

  • 1 Chr 2:46
    66%

    46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

  • Matt 1:6
    66%

    6and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Uriah;

  • Judg 8:30
    66%

    30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

  • 1 Chr 2:12
    66%

    12and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

  • Isa 57:3
    66%

    3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

  • 1 Chr 2:22
    66%

    22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

  • 1 Chr 2:17
    66%

    17And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

  • 1 Chr 4:14
    66%

    14And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.

  • Judg 19:1
    65%

    1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

  • Matt 1:2
    65%

    2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

  • Judg 13:2
    65%

    2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

  • Matt 1:11
    65%

    11and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.