Judges 12:7

12:7 Jephthah led ¹  Israel for six years; then he ²  died and was buried in his city in Gilead. ³ 

Judges 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ⁴  his half-brothers ⁵  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ⁶ 

[12:7]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:7]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.

[11:3]  ⁴ tn Or “fled from.”

[11:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”

[11:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”