Meaning the whole book of judges is about people do stupid evil stuff if they have no guidance. Judges 11 jephthah the gileadite was a mighty warrior. Welcome to our beyond today bible study here in cincinnati, at the home office of the united church of god. Because of midian, the people of israel made for themselves hideouts in the mountainscaves and forts. The last we met, we read in judges 11 about the newest judge, yiftach. Study guide for joshua 11 by david guzik blue letter bible.
Judges chapter 7 comments official king james bible online. Following the deaths of joshua and his generation, who served the lord, the jewish people followed a cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in the land. Judges 11 jephthah the gileadite was a mighty bible. Then jephthah went with the elders of gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. And i would also like to welcome those who are online watching tonight live wherever you may be, and those who will be watching this later when it is archived on the web, welcome. But god gave a chance for jephthah to prove himself when his brothers, the elders of gilead asked him to be their leader in their fight against the ammonites. Chronology of successive judges, ending with the death of gideon. Therefore the battles between israel and the heathen canaanites are a picture of the christians battle against the spiritual powers of wickedness in the heavenlies ephesians 6. Gilead was jephthahs father, 2 but gileads wife also bore him sons, and the sons of this wife, when they grew up, drove jephthah away, saying, no share of the paternal heritage for you, since you are a son.
David guzik commentary on judges 11 describes how jephthah rises to leadership. The portion of the book chapters 16 that describes samson and delilah and. He served as a judge over israel for a duration of 6 years judges 12. The book of judges, sefer shoftim is the seventh book of the hebrew bible and the christian old testament. Judges 4 new american bible revised edition nabre chapter 4.
Adventist youth honors answer bookoutreachjudges of israel. Gideon is mentioned in two books of the bible judges and hebrews. The willingness of later generations to learn and engage in holy war would measure their allegiance to the lord see b. Judges 11 commentary matthew henrys complete commentary. This chapter gives as the history of jephthah, another of israels judges, and numbered among the worthies of the old testament, that by faith did great things hebrews 11. We accept that when jephthah said it had been 300 years since israel crossed the jordan, it. He passed through gilead and manasseh and went 50 to mizpah in gilead. Judges 11 1 now jephthah the gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot. The children of israel always offer their adversaries a choice between three options.
The book of judges brings out the fact that gods people came to be complacent, forgetful, and downright disobedient through the process of time. Othniel, ehud, shamgar, deborah, jephthah, samson, tola, jair, ibzan, elon, and abdon. The book of judges, chapter 1 2 jun, 2015 in bible studies judges tagged bible studies book of judges by john d english translation of map of the 12 tribes of. God put them under the domination of midian for seven years. He bravely pursues the flying midianites, judges 8. Bible commentaries are not unanimous in the way they outline the book, but below is one possibility. The song of deborah and barak 19 kings came and fought. The book of judges depicts the life of israel in the promised land from the death of joshua to the rise of the monarchy.
This chapter gives us a further account of gideons victory over the midianites, with the residue of the story of his life and government. Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of edom, and the land of moab, and came by the east side of the land of moab, and pitched on the other side of arnon, but came not within the border of moab. If the book was written for king saul, then he is one who is being raised up during a particular generation to do battle with evil and is thus being warned about evil battle before him. Although war is the least desirable choice, peace is not to be obtained at any price. Scott j shifferd 14 comments edit bible battles this is a list of bible battles that i used in my class on bible battles.
The levites case heard in a general convention of the tribes, ver. Complete text, index, search, bible verse, bible story, scripture, book, prophesy, christian. Othneil, ehud, shamgar, deborah, gideon, tola, jair, jephtha, ibzan, elon, abdon, and samson appear as judges of israel in that order in the book of judges. Judges chapter 8 verse by verse bible commentary matthew.
You can turn over to chapter 14 of judges and we will look at just a few of the high points. This chapter contains one of the most specifically fulfilled prophecies of the bible, predicting history over some 375 years, and to the end, with amazing accuracy. You have shed a lot of blood and fought great battles. The general of his army was sisera, who lived in haroshethhagoiim. Judges 11 king james bible kjv book of judges bible.
Next chapter of judges the book of judges, chapter 11 we hope that you find the content of the book of judges, chapter 11 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Judges 11, new international version niv the bible app. Contributed by jerry depoy on jan 23, 2006 message. Read chapter 11 of the book of judges and discuss the vow of jephthah with your pathfinder counselor or church pastor. The benjamites assemble in defence of the criminals, ver.
Jephthah led the israelites in battle against ammon and, in exchange for defeating the ammonites, made a vow to sacrifice whatever. Adventist youth honors answer bookoutreachjudges of. Jephtahs life would have been wasted living with worthless men and living the rest of his life in bitterness and evil. Tradition considers the prophet samuel as the author. They said, you will not get any of gileads things, because you are the son of another woman. Hes best known for winning a decisive battle against an invading ammonite. The function of judges differs from that of prophets or kings in that judges were specifically military leaders sent to deliver israel by the sword, as opposed to by miracles or by political means. A fun way to see how much you know about the bible whilst complementing your bible study. The last five listed are minor judges whose battles are not recorded in the bible. The former prophets also included 1 and 2 samuel and 1 and 2 kings. The book of judges is set during the time between the prophets abraham, moses, etc. Now jephthah the gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot. Net bible it was some time after this when the ammonites fought with israel. Nov 29, 2009 chapter 20 and 21 are part of this same tale.
This is a very useful study to teach the chronology of the bible. For example, israel often divided their forces into 2 for an ambush and into 3 companies for an open battle. We accept that when jephthah said it had been 300 years since israel crossed the jordan, it was likely a rounded figure. Judges 11 new american bible revised edition nabre chapter 11. They were cushanrishathaims subjects for eight years. Sep 06, 2018 lists of books in various bibles tanakh hebrew bible law or pentateuch. As could be seen with the earlier story in the book of judges of the selfappointed king. You will never understand jephthahs vow in judges, chapter 11, until you put this story in the context of judges, chapter 10.
This would make the book of judges a complete list but with a theological theme. Jephthahs daughter is a figure in the hebrew bible, whose story is recounted in judges 11. In the narrative of the hebrew bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the book of joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the books of samuel, during which biblical judges served as temporary leaders. Biblicarum of pseudophilo, which devoted an entire chapter to her and gave her the name of selia. Comments on the book of judges chapter 7 from the king james bible online. The defeat of israel in the two first battles, ver. Judges 11 niv jephthah the gileadite was a mighty bible gateway. Next chapter of judges the book of judges, chapter we hope that you find the content of the book of judges, chapter from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter.
When they grew up the sons of the wife had driven jephthah away, saying to him, you shall inherit nothing in our fathers house, for you are the son of another woman. The book of judges covers the period in the history of israel from the death of joshua to the time of the prophet samuel. The northern kings of canaan gather against israeland it came to pass, when jabin king of hazor heard these things, that he sent to jobab king of madon, to the king of shimron, to the king of achshaph, and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of chinneroth, in the lowland, and. He lived in gilead also his fathers name and was a member of the tribe of manasseh. Holman christian standard bible some time later, the. The judge jephthah had just won a battle over the ammonites, and vowed. I mixed in a lot of archaeology about military weapons and reflected upon military tactics.
The children of israel needed to be proven in fighting battles. The story of jephthah is found in the old testament book of judges, chapters 1112. So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. However, difficulties inherent in dating historical biblical events of this period, for which the main source is the bible itself, render chronological order uncertain. The last verse of the last chapter sums up the whole book. The book of judges, chapter 1 2 jun, 2015 in bible studies judges tagged bible studies book of judges by john d english translation of map of the 12 tribes of israel, before the move of dan to the north. Timeline based on traditionally accepted timeframes and general consensus of a variety of sources, including wilmingtons guide to the bible, a survey of israels history wood, the mysterious numbers of the hebrew kings thiele, esv study bible, the treasury of scripture knowledge, international standard bible encyclopedia, and eastons. Gileads wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove jephthah away. He was the son of a prostitute, fathered by gilead. We may clearly see out of this that the book of joshua corresponds to the epistle to the ephesians in the new testament. Blue letter bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on christ and the gospel of his peace and righteousness. Christian standard bible 1 jephthah the gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and gilead was his father. The lost temple mount the real location of solomons temple in the city of david, jerusalem duration. Israels lack of spiritual interest is made manifest with each of the twelve cycles of sin revealed in the book of judges.
Perhaps that is why the book has been largely ignored by both scholars and preachers. The writer identified the nations of canaan that god would leave in the land because of israels folly. Jephthah appears in the book of judges as a judge who presided over israel for a period of six. The chapter is so specific, that many critics who deny supernatural revelation, have insisted that it is history, written after the fact, fraudulently claiming to be prophecy. Gideon is the fifth of the judges described in the book. Judges 11, english standard version 2016 esv the bible app. The book of judges is the second of the books of the former prophets in hebrew scripture, and serves as part of the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, along with joshua, ruth, samuel, and kings, as well as the books of the restoration. Unto the lord in mizpeh this city was situated on the confines of judah and benjamin, and is sometimes attributed to the one, sometimes to the other. Judges chapter 3 summary began with the additional reasons god left the canaanites in the land to dwell with israel. It seems that there was a place here in which the lord was consulted, as well as at shiloh. The english names are from the septuagint and vulgate translations. Bewail is to express deep sorrow by wailing and to lament is a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
Jephthah is a major character in the book of judges. The hebrew names are taken from the first line of each book in the original hebrew. However, the two stated purposes can be harmonized. Gideon prudently pacifies the offended ephraimites, judges 8. In the hebrew bible, joshua and judges were regarded as one scroll and formed the first book in the former prophets section. Yet the argument can surely be made that this book, above all others, might be the most relevant one in the whole bible. There was no question that god gave the 300man army of israel victory over the 5,000man army of midian. His father was gilead, but his mother was not gileads wife.
Jan 15, 20 this is a list of bible battles that i used in my class on bible battles. The first chapter explains that the enemies of israel were never fully defeated in the land given to them by god. Free interactive bible quizzes with answers and high score tables. On the one hand, it is an account of frequent apostasy, provoking divine chastening.
This book consists of 19 chapters comprising three major sections. And when his wifes sons grew up, they drove jephthah out and said to him, you shall not have an inheritance in our fathers house, for you are the son of another woman. These continue as such in our christian old testament of the bible. As moshe and yehoshua did before him, yiftach tries to avoid war by sending a message to the enemy. When israel defeated the amorites in battle, they justly took the land of the. Home versebyverse bible commentary judges chapter 11. Clinton mccann offered this list of themes or subplots for consideration all of which describe the contents of the book of judges. Name three other judges listed in other books of the bible. The book of judges, chapter 1 church of god perspective. Study guide for daniel 11 by david guzik blue letter bible. The lord raised up twelve judges to defend israel after joshua entered canaan. Of those who escaped only 15,000, gideon was able to capture them in the chase that followed judges 8. Judges 11, easyenglish bible 2018 easy the bible app.