Notes: June 18, 2008 - Judges 11
Bob Feather June 18th, 2008
Jephthah’s appointment and victory
- Like Jair (10:3), Jephthah was a Gileadite.
- Although an outcast because of the sins of his parents, Jephthah is chosen to lead the people (6-7).
- Jephthah argues that Israel must take the Ammonite land because their God has given them the land (Judges 11:23).
- The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah (Judges 11:29).
- Before battle, Jephthah made a vow (Judges 11:30-31). Little did he know the high cost of keeping that vow (Judges 11:34-35).
- The daughter acknowledges the legitimacy of her father’s vow. Would you?
Meditation Points:
- Are you prejudiced against anyone with questionable ancestry?
- Can you pray to your god and expect him to answer favorably on your behalf?
- Open-ended, blind, vows should not be made.
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Judges 11:23
23So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
Judges 11:29
29Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Judges 11:30-31
30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges 11:34-35
34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
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