Judges · around 1100 BC
Jephthah Bible quiz
Start with these 3 free questions on Jephthah. Tap an answer to check it: each one is explained with the verse it comes from. The full quiz (12 questions, up to the details most readers miss) is in Bible Academy.
Easy questions
1. Against which people does Jephthah lead the Gileadites?
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Answer: The Ammonites. The Ammonites make war on Israel; Jephthah marches against them and “the LORD delivered them into his hands.” The Philistines had also oppressed Israel, but they are not the ones he fights. Judges 11:32
2. Who is the first to come out of Jephthah’s house when he returns from the war?
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Answer: His daughter. “His daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.” Judges 11:34
3. What vow does Jephthah make to the LORD before the battle?
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Answer: To offer as a burnt offering whatever comes out to meet him. “Whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me… shall surely be the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.” The vow therefore concerned a person, though he did not know which one. Judges 11:30–31