Judges 11:2

Judges 11:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
• New International Version (NIV)Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Gilead's wife also bore him sons. And when his wife's sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, "You shall not have an inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”

Context of Judges 11:2

1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead had fathered Jephthah. Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” 3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless men gathered around Jephthah, and they went wherever he did. 4Now it came about, after a while, that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.

Judges 11:2 word by word

וַתֵּ֧לֶד אֵֽשֶׁת־גִּלְעָ֛ד ל֖וֹ בָּנִ֑ים וַיִּגְדְּל֨וּ בְֽנֵי־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה וַיְגָרְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־יִפְתָּ֗ח וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֹֽא־תִנְחַ֣ל בְּבֵית־אָבִ֔ינוּ כִּ֛י בֶּן־אִשָּׁ֥ה אַחֶ֖רֶת אָֽתָּה׃Read the interlinear

• Gilead’sגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• him sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• grewגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• they droveגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• Jephthahיִפְתָּחyiphtâch · JephthahH3316
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to him, “You shall not haveנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• in our father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802

Cross-references for Judges 11:2

• Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a time, because the famine was severe in the land.
• Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the assembly of the Lord.
• Galatians 4:30But what does the Scripture say? “Drive out the slave woman and her son, For the son of the slave woman shall not be an heir with the son of the free woman.”
• Proverbs 2:16To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
• Proverbs 6:24To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

Commentaries on Judges 11:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2mighty man of valor: Jephthah had military skill and possibly social importance (see study note on Judges 6:12, where mighty man of valor is translated as “mighty hero”). Gilead was a descendant of Manasseh (Numbers 26:29–33; 32:39–40; 1 Chronicles 7:14–17). Jephthah's social standing made him noticeable, despite the shame of his mother being a prostitute. His half-brothers were not required to accept Jephthah's status or leadership.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house--As there were children by the legitimate wife, the son of the secondary one was not entitled to any share of the patrimony, and the prior claim of the others was indisputable. Hence, as the brothers of Jephthah seem to have resorted to rude and violent treatment, they must have been influenced by some secret ill-will.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 11:2

• Gilead
• Jephthah
• Prayer
• Strife

In the dictionaries

• Jephthah
• Strange Woman
• Bastard
• Fight
• Harlot
• Inherit
• Meet
• Abdon (1)
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on Judges 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary