Judges 11:3

1 Samuel 22:2; 1 Samuel 27:2; 1 Samuel 30:22-24; Acts 17:5; Job 30:1-10; Judges 9:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land of Tob - To the north of Gilead, toward Damascus. The readiness with which Jephthah took to the freebooter’s life gives us a lively pict...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of (b) Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and (c) went out with him. (b)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Youth. Jephthah (God opens the womb) is the Othello of Israelitish history, a splendid barbarian, little blessed with the soft phrase...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from. Hebrew "from the face of". Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6. Tob . fruitful land. East of Syria. vain . unemployed, or bankrupt.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. There were g...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. Jeph...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jephthah's Victory over the Ammonites. His Rash Vow 1-11. The Choice of Jephthah.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Tob ] must have been near Gilead, probably to the NE. (cp. 2 Samuel 10:6 ). Vain men ] see on Judges 9:4 . 'Broken men,' such as came to David at...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Dwelt in the land of Tob. — A Syrian district on the north-east of Peræa ( 2 Samuel 10:6 ). It is referred to in 1Ma. 5:13; 2Ma. 12:17. The name me...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GILEAD AND ITS CHIEF Judges 10:1-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 THE scene of the history shifts now to the east of Jordan, and we learn first of the infl...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Turning to a Rejected Leader Judges 10:17-18 ; Judges 11:1-11 The life of Jephthah is a great consolation to those whose birth has been irregu...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The gathering of vain men unto Jephthah, is not unsimilar to David's army, when he became their captain, when everyone that was in distress, and ever...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren ,.... Being ill used by them, and a man of spirit and courage, and could not bear to be treated with contempt,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. Ver. 3. D...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Of Tob The name either of the land, or of the man who was the owner or ruler of it. This place was in or near Gilead, as appears by the speedy inte...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEPHTHAH; AN UNUSUAL LEADER (vv. 1-11) There was one man whose capacities for leadership stood out above others in Israel, Jephthah a Gileadite,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jephthah's Promotion. B. C. 1143. 1 No...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The land of Tob, the name either of the land or territory, or of the man who was the owner or ruler of it. This place was in or near Gilead, as app...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob, and there were gathered adventurers to Jephthah, and went out with him.' So...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHOICE OF A LEADER; AND SLAUGHTER OF THE ENEMY Judges 11:1-33 . CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 11:1 . The Gileadite .] Many regard this as not a defi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 11:1 . Jephthah son of a harlot. The Hebrew is the same as in Joshua 2:1 . The rabbins mostly read here, as Joshua 2 ., son of a hostess....
The Biblical Illustrator

Jephthah the Gileadite. Jephthah It is common to regard Jephthah as one of the wildest characters of the Bible--a rough and heedless man; alike...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 11:1-7 The narrative here goes back probably some years, to explain the antecedents of Jephthah, who was about to play so...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jephthah Chosen as Leader Against Ammon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Jephthah, unable to find support among the elders of Gilead, fled from his brethren, an outcast of society, and dwelt in the land of Tob, a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of Tob — The name either of the land, or of the man who was the owner or ruler of it. This place was in, or near Gilead, as appears by the speedy i...

³ Then Jephthah fled fromb his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

Related Commentaries of Judges 11:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 11:3