What is significant about this union of a Gileadite and a prostitute?
Judges 11:1 (ESV)
1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
This is amarriage that is representative of the spiritual harlotry of Israel. Furthermore, it sets the tone for Jephthah’s life as one in which he will struggle for validation.
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.