1. Judges 11:15–27 (ESV)
  2. Structure and outline

Structure of Jephthah's arguments

Judges 11:15–27 (ESV)

15 and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

Jephthah uses three arguments in order to refute the king’s claim: historical (Judges 11:15–22), theological (Judges 11:23–24), and precedent (Judges 11:25–27).