Jephthah Sentence Examples

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  • Jabneh (name of a city), Jabin, Jamlek, Jiptah (Jephthah), &c. Most of these really are verbs, the suppressed or implicit subject being 'el, " numen, god," or the name of a god; cf.

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  • Jephthah, one of the Israelite "judges," delivered Gilead from Ammon, who resumed the attack under its king Nahash, only to be repulsed by Saul.

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  • After a brief notice of two "minor judges" (see below), follows the story of Jephthah.

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  • The story of Jephthah's fight with Ammon is linked to the preceding introduction by x.

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  • There is a general resemblance between the victories of Gideon and Jephthah, which is emphasized by the close relation between viii.

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  • See further Jephthah.

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  • Stories of successful warfare and of temporary leaders (see Abimelech; Ehud; Gideon; Jephthah) form an introduction to the institution of the Israelite monarchy, an epoch of supreme importance in biblical history.

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  • A somewhat wild Bedouin disposition, fostered by their surroundings, was retained by the Israelite in habitants of Gilead to a late period of their history, and seems to be to some extent discernible in what we read alike of Jephthah, of David's Gadites, and of the prophet Elijah.

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