Judges 11:11

“Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.”

"Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh." - Judges 11:11
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What does Judges 11:11 mean?

Judges 11:11 in the King James Version reads, "Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh." This verse comes from the book of Judges in the Old Testament, which…

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Jephthah: A Leader's Commitment to God

The story of Jephthah is perhaps one of the most intriguing and complex narratives in the Book of Judges. In Judges 11:11 (KJV), we read, "Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before…

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A Prayer for Leadership and Divine Guidance

O Sovereign Lord, As I come before Your presence today, I lift my eyes to the mountains, knowing that my help comes from You, the Maker of heaven and earth. Inspired by the words from Judges 11:11, I reflect on how Jephthah, a man chosen by You, stood firm in his purpose…

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Judges 11:11 - "Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh."
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Judges 12:11 - "¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years."
1 Corinthians 11:31 - "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."
Psalms 148:11 - "Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:"
Judges 2:11 - "¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:"
Judges 11:14 - "And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:"
Judges 3:11 - "And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died."
Judges 14:11 - "And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him."
Ezekiel 11:11 - "This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:"
Judges 11:4 - "¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel."
Judges 17:11 - "And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons."
John 16:11 - "Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged."
Judges 11:40 - "That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year."
Judges 11:6 - "And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."
Judges 11:28 - "Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him."
Judges 1:11 - "And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:"
Judges 11:1 - "Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah."
Judges 20:11 - "So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man."
Judges 11:22 - "And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan."
Judges 11:16 - "But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;"
"For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges." - Job 31:11
Judges 8:11 - "¶ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure."
Judges 11:27 - "Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon."
Hebrews 11:11 - "Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised."
Judges 11:10 - "And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words."
Judges 11:15 - "And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:"
Judges 11:32 - "¶ So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands."
Judges 18:11 - "¶ And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war."