Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Judges 11:1
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Judges11:1
CHAPTER 11
Jud 11:1-3. Jephthah.
1. Jephthah--"opener."
son of an harlot--a concubine, or foreigner; implying an inferior sort of marriage prevalent in Eastern countries. Whatever dishonor might attach to his birth, his own high and energetic character rendered him early a person of note.
Gilead begat Jephthah--His father seems to have belonged to the tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 7:14, 17).
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