THE STORY OF JEPHTHAN

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Jephthah was the son of Gilead from the clan of Gilead, in the tribe of Manasseh, and the Bible described his mother as a prostitute, he was forced to leave his family by his siblings and was told there is no inheritance for him. He fled to the city of Tob and when  there was a battle between Israel and the Ammonites but Israel had no leader/commander, so they persuaded Jephthah to leader the battle against the Ammonites, he accepted with a condition that “he will be their leader, if God gave him victory over the Ammonites” and Israel agreed. 

He was made the leader of Israel and in the city of Mizpah he began to rule in God’s presence. He made a vow to God before going to war against the Ammonites and he was able to fulfill his vow. “He vowed to sacrifice the first person that comes out from his house to welcome him once he is victorious against the Ammonites”. 

Israel camped and attacked the enemies, and they were able to conquer 20 cities and the Ammonites were defeated. When Jephthah returned home, it was her only daughter/child who came to welcome him with dancing, excitement and she was playing the tambourine. It was a great displeasure to him and he tore his clothes but insisted he won’t take back his vow. 

The daughter pleaded for a grace of two months to enable her mourn her virginity and wander in the mountains with her friends before she died. It was a custom in Israel till date that their women were to go out four days in each year to grieve for the daughter of Jephthah.

There was a battle between Gileadites and the Ephraimites and with the help of Jephthah, the tribe of Ephraim were put to the sword  and about 42,000 Ephraimite were killed. 

Jephthah lived a good life and ruled Israel for six years, when he died, he was buried in Gilead his hometown.

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