What man
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 1:1
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, "Who will be the first to fight for us against the Canaanites?"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 11:5-8
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When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
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They said to him, "Come, be our commander, and let's fight against the Ammonites."
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Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, "Didn't you hate me and drive me from my father's house? Why then have you come to me now when you're in trouble?"
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They answered Jephthah, "Since that's true, we now turn to you. Come with us, fight the Ammonites, and you will become leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 3:1-8
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Observe this: The Lord God of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah every kind of security: the entire supply of bread and water,
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the hero and warrior, the judge and prophet, the fortune-teller and elder,
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the commander of 50 and the dignitary, the counselor, cunning magician, and necromancer.
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"I will make youths their leaders, and the unstable will govern them."
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The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the worthless toward the honorable.
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A man will even seize his brother in his father's house, [saying:] "You have a cloak-- you be our leader! This heap of rubble will be under your control."
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On that day he will cry out, saying: "I'm not a healer. I don't even have food or clothing in my house. Don't make me the leader of the people!"
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For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they have spoken and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 34:12
No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
he shall be
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. The people put him over themselves as leader and commander, and Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 12:7
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 17:25
Previously, an Israelite man had declared, "Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the household of that man's father exempt from paying taxes in Israel."