Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Judges 11:1

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Jephthah: Heb 11:32, called Jephthae a mighty: Jdg 6:12; Kg2 5:1 an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot: Probably zonah should be rendered as in Jos 2:1, a hostess, or inn-keeper, so Targum of Jonathan, wehoo bar ittetha pundekeetha, "and he was the son of a woman, a tavern-keeper." She was very probably a Canaanite, as she is called, Jdg 11:2, a strange woman, ishah achereth, "a woman of another race;" and on this account his brethren drove him from the family, as not having a full right to the inheritance. Judges 11:2

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