Hakim-hakim 11:1-2

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. ¹  11:2 Gilead’s wife also gave ²  him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, ³  because you are another woman’s son.”

Hakim-hakim 12:7

12:7 Jephthah led ⁴  Israel for six years; then he ⁵  died and was buried in his city in Gilead. ⁶ 

[11:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”

[11:2]  ² tn Heb “bore.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “in the house of our father.”

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[12:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:7]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.