Jephthah’s Origins
Q: What was Jephthah’s mother's occupation?
What is a prostitute?
Q: Why did the Ammonites claim Israel wronged them?
What is by taking their land?
Q: What vow did Jephthah make to the Lord?
What is to sacrifice whatever came out of his house to meet him?
Q: Why were the Ephraimites angry with Jephthah?
What is he didn’t call them to fight?
Q: How many years did Jephthah judge Israel?
What is six years?
Q: Why did Jephthah’s brothers drive him away?
What is because he was the son of another woman?
Q: What did Jephthah try before going to war?
What is sent messengers to reason with the Ammonite king?
Q: Who was the first to greet Jephthah after his victory?
Who is his daughter?
Q: What insult did the Ephraimites throw at Jephthah’s men?
What is fugitives of Ephraim?
Q: Where was Jephthah buried?
What is a town in Gilead?
Q: Which land did Jephthah flee to after being rejected?
What is the land of Tob?
Q: Whose land did Israel avoid passing through, according to Jephthah?
What are Edom and Moab?
Q: How many months did Jephthah’s daughter ask to mourn her virginity?
What is two months?
Q: What river became the site of Ephraimite defeat?
What is the Jordan River?
Q: What title is Jephthah often given in the Bible?
What is judge of Israel?
Q: What kind of men gathered around Jephthah?
What are worthless men or adventurers?
Q: Jephthah claimed the land belonged to Israel because of this.
What is the Lord gave it to them?
Q: What quality did Jephthah’s daughter show in accepting her fate?
What is obedience or submission?
Q: This word was used as a test at the fords
What is Shibboleth?
Q: Jephthah is mentioned in this New Testament book as a man of faith.
What is Hebrews (chapter 11)?
Q: Who came back to ask Jephthah to lead them in battle?
What are the elders of Gilead?
Q: Jephthah referenced this earlier Moabite king as a comparison.
Who is Balak?
Q: This annual tradition arose because of Jephthah’s daughter.
What is the daughters of Israel commemorated her?
Q: What happened to those who failed the test?
What is they were killed?
Q: Jephthah was from this region.
What is Gilead?