“Yiftach sent messengers to the king of the people of ‘Amon to say, ‘What’s your problem with us? Why are you invading our territory?’  The king of ‘Amon answered the messengers of Yiftach, ‘Because Israel took away my territory when they came up from Egypt. They took everything from the Arnon to the Yabok and […]

“Then Yiftach fled from his brothers and lived in the territory of Tov, where he enlisted a gang of rowdies who would go out raiding with him.”-Judges 11:3 As what happens to many illegitimate children suffering from low esteem, Yiftach fled from his brothers after being kicked out of the family and started a gang. […]

“Now Yiftach, a brave soldier from Gil‘ad, was the son of a prostitute. “ -Judges 11:1 Okay, so right off the bat we need to clear up a false doctrine about who Yiftach (Jephthah in English) really was. So let me be very clear. Jephthah was a bastard son born to his father Gilead and […]

Today we begin Judges Chapter 11. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James version, click HERE. Chapter 11 is jam-packed with a tremendous amount of information that your average believer or Bible reader could care less about and would normally just gloss right over without giving it a second glance.  However, […]