The reading for Thursday, March 9, 2023 , is Judges 11 - 13
So they drive Jephthah away, until they need him. Then they seek him out and ask for his help.
In 11:26, it says "For three hundred years Israel occupied Heshbon, Aroer, the surrounding settlements and all the towns along the Arnon." When was this 300 years? Is this the time since Joshua until the time of Jepthah?
I think this passage should perhaps more rightly be entitled "Jephthah's Daughter." Why does Jephthah make what seems such a rash vow? Then he fulfills it.
I did a quick google search about it and found this interesting: Jephthah's daughter commentary
I like that the angel comes to Samson's mother rather than his father. To me it demonstrates a positive view of women.
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