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Jdg 11:1-3. Jephthah.
Jephthah - “opener.”
son of an harlot - a concubine, or foreigner; implying an inferior sort of marriage prevalent in Eastern countries. Whatever dishonor might attach to his birth, his own high and energetic character rendered him early a person of note.
Gilead begat Jephthah - His father seems to have belonged to the tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 7:14, 1Ch 7:17).