Message Notes

THE NEW THREAT TO ISRAEL: AMMON

1. They waged war against Israel Judges 11:4

2. No leader found to lead Israel except Jephthah

BACKGROUND OF JEPHTHAH

1. Son of Gilead

a) He was regarded as “the son of a harlot” Judges 11:1

b) His half-brothers rejected him Judges 11:2

2. Growing up years

a) Forced to flee from his home Judges 11:3

b) Joined up with “worthless men” Judges 11:3

c) Formed a gang of bandits Judges 11:3

d) He lived in the land (city) of Tob Judges 11:5

THE DESPERATE PLEA OF THE ELDERS OF GILEAD

1. Pleaded with Jephthah to be the commander of Israel Judges 11:6

2. Jephthah recounts the day he was rejected by Gilead Judges 11:7

3. The elders of Gilead offered leadership to Jephthah Judges 11:8

4. Jephthah asks for confirmation that he would be appointed head of the army of Israel Judges 11:9

JEPHTHAH LEADS THE ARMY OF ISRAEL

1. False charge of the king of Ammon
That Israel had stolen the land of the Ammonites Judges 11:13

2. Jephthah’s Reply to this Charge

a) Charge of the Ammonites refuted

b) Israel avoided attacked Moab and Ammon Cf. Deut. 2:18-19

c) Israel conquered the Amorites to inherit Israel Judges 11:15-22

d) Jephthah invokes the name of God in this war Judges 11:23-28

3. The Ammonites were defeated by Jephthah Judges 11:33