Judges 11:1 (KJV)

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Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour and he was the son of an harlot and Gilead begat Jephthah
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Jephthah. Heb 11:32

called Jephthae. a mighty. Jud 6:12 2Ki 5:1

34 He performs his vow on his daughter. 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, ver. 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.

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