Judges 11:2
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Gilead's wife bare him sons,.... It seems that, after the birth of Jephthah, Gilead took him a lawful wife, who bore…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 11:1-3
The princes and people of Gilead we left, in the close of the foregoing chapter, consulting about the choice of a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And Gilead's wife i.e. the lawful wife in distinction from another woman(1Ch 2:26). In Jdg 11:11 it is the elders of…
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