Judges 11:1
11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. 1
Judges 11:5
11:5 When the Ammonites attacked,
2 the leaders
3 of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back
4 from the land of Tob.
Judges 11:7
11:7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave
5 my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”
Judges 11:10
11:10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The
Lord will judge any grievance you have against us,
6 if we do not do as you say.”
7
Judges 11:12
Jephthah Gives a History Lesson
11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have 8 you come against me to attack my land?”
Judges 11:15
11:15 and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal
9 the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.
Judges 12:2
12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. 10 I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. 11
1 tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”
2 tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”
3 tn Or “elders.”
4 tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”
3 tn Heb “Did you not hate me and make me leave?”
4 tn Heb “The Lord will be the one who hears between us.” For the idiom שָׁמַע בַּיִן (shama’ bayin, “to hear between”), see Deut 1:16.
5 sn The Lord will judge…if we do not do as you say. The statement by the leaders of Gilead takes the form of a legally binding oath, which obligates them to the terms of the agreement.
5 tn Heb “What to me and to you that…?”
6 tn Or “take”; or “seize.”
7 tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”
8 tn Heb “hand.”