Verse 3

So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 9:4 : 4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.
  • 1 Sam 22:2 : 2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.
  • 2 Sam 10:6 : 6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, they sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah, in addition to 1000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob.
  • 2 Sam 10:8 : 8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.
  • Job 30:1-9 : 1 Job’s Present Misery“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs. 2 Moreover, the strength of their hands– what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished; 3 gaunt with want and hunger, they would roam the parched land, by night a desolate waste. 4 By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food. 5 They were banished from the community– people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves– 6 so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks. 7 They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles. 8 Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips. 9 Job’s Indignities“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them. 10 They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
  • 1 Sam 27:2 : 2 So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.
  • 1 Sam 30:22-24 : 22 But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said,“Since they didn’t go with us, we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!” 23 But David said,“No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the LORD has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us. 24 Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!”