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1 day ago · Jephthah, An Activated Faith. Jul 28, 2024. Judges 10:6-10 6 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. (That’s a lot of gods!)
3 days ago · The Price of Ignorance. Jephthah's Bloody Altar. Biblical Man. Jul 26, 2024. 18. The knife trembled in Jephthah's calloused hand, its blade catching the last crimson rays of the setting sun. His daughter's eyes, wide with terror, reflected the gleam of steel as she lay bound upon the makeshift altar. Her final, choked sobs pierced the twilight air.
1 day ago · Jephthah flees from his brothers to the "land of Tob". In Tob, Jephtha gatheres some men until his brothers want him back to fight against the Ammonites (Judges 11:3–11). The place may be the same as the one mentioned in 2 Samuel 10:6–8, named Ishtob (cf. Hebrew ish Tov).
1 day ago · Thus, as in the narrative of Jephthah when referring to his mother, it refers to a harlot. But as a verb, it describes the act when referring to the person. Unlike the account of Jephthah, however, I translate this in the verbal form rather than the noun because Samson is in the process of having her, as it next says…
5 days ago · For time will fail men if I tell of Gideon and Samuel, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who in faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies ...
4 days ago · Jephthah’s Vow (Judges 11:29-40) Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Jephthah, seeking victory in battle, makes a rash vow to sacrifice the first thing that greets him upon his return home. Tragically, his daughter, his only child, comes out to meet him. Despite the horror, he follows through with his vow.
6 days ago · The reference to the "seed of the woman" is believed by Christians to be a prophecy of the virgin birth of Jesus. They believe that elsewhere in the Bible, a child is referred to as the "seed" of his father, exclusively. In fact, there are other passages when the Hebrew for seed ( זרע / זרעך) is used for a woman.
