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- Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's propertyJdg 11:1Jdg 11:2
- Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of TobJdg 11:3
- Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of GileadJdg 11:5
- Made captain of the armyJdg 11:5–11
- Made head of the land of GileadJdg 11:7–11
- His message to the king of the AmmonitesJdg 11:12–28
- Leads the army of Israel against the AmmonitesJdg 11:29–33
- His rash vow concerning bis daughterJdg 11:31Jdg 11:34–40
- Falsely accused by the EphraimitesJdg 12:1
- Leads the army of the Gileadites against the EphraimitesJdg 12:4
- Leads Israel for six years, dies, and is buried in GileadJdg 12:7
- Faith ofHeb 11:32
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