Judges 12:7 meaning and explanation

Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Judges 12:7, Berean Standard Bible

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This brief notice closes the story of Jephthah, the outcast whom the elders of Gilead recruited to lead them against the Ammonites. It follows the civil war with Ephraim and the deadly test at the Jordan fords, where the word Shibboleth exposed fugitives by their accent.

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