12 - Jephthah

After Jair's death, the people of Israel worshipped more heathen gods than ever, including gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the Philistines.

• true

• false

Because of their sin, God allowed them to be oppressed by the

• Moabites

• Midianites

• Canaanites

• Ammonites

The Ammonites oppressed Israel for

• 18 years

• 2 years

• 12 years

• 28 years

Jephthah was rejected by his brothers because

• he was an illegitimate son

• he was an unkind brother

• he was his father's favorite

Jephthah was so mistreated by his brothers

• he would not have an inheritance

• he had to leave home

• he killed them all

• they threw him in a pit and sold him into slavery to Egypt

Jephthah trained a group of unemployed men to

• defend Israelite cities against the Ammonites

• wage war on his brothers

Even though he had been forced to leave his hometown, the leaders of his hometown of Mizpah asked him to come back because

• they needed protection against the Ammonites

• his reputation had spread

• they wanted to trick him

Upon Jephthah's return to his hometown,

• he was made ruler over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

• he was tricked and sold into slavery

Before Jephthah launched an attack on the Ammonites,

• he tried negotiating with the Ammonite king

• he recruited experienced soldiers

Jephthah conquered at least _____ key cities the Ammonites used for protection and bases of operation against Israel.

• 20

• 15

• 10

• 25