Jephthah
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Jephthah appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years. According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, and, as his mo
Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
1) Jephthah being expelled by his half-brothers; 2) Jephthah being asked to become a Judge (Russian manuscript of the 1560s)
The Return of Jephtha, by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
The Daughter of Jephthah, by Alexandre Cabanel (1879)
Gilead
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Gilead or Gilad is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan, present-day Jordan. The region is bounded in the west by the Jordan River, in the
Jephthah
…Yiftāḥ) appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (Judges 12:7). According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, and, as his mother is described as a prostitute, this may indicate that his father might have been any of…
Gilead around River Zarqa (biblical River Jabbok)
The hills of Gilead, Jordan
Sea of Galilee as seen from Gilead near Irbid