Judges 10-12

Isn't it interesting to see how God talks about some leaders without detail and some with detail...Tola and Jair have very little mention.....
We see that Israel AGAIN does evil in the eyes of the Lord and Wesley (founder of the Methodist tradition) remarks that "They grew worse and worse...Before they worshipped God and idols together, now they forsake God, and wholly cleave to idols".   So God lets them wallow in it for a bit...in fact He says, "I will deliver you no more"....but God is compassionate and 10:16 tells us that He could no longer bear to see Isreal suffer.



We meet Jepthah son of a man and his prostitute....he is a deal maker....he makes an unneccessary vow when He bargains with God to deliverd them and finds that his daughter gets caught in the crosshairs of the deal.    What is more important, the human vow?  God would never condone a child sacrifice....scholars debate about whether she was really sacrificed or if she was set apart for service to God, not killed....the point is that Scripture doesn't tell us specifically, so it isn't important for us to know...bottom line, we don't need to bargain with God...

Then we move to a little Intertribal Dissention.....
Shibboleth vs. Sibboleth.....wonder if that is like our Civil War between the North and South? 
Coke vs. Soda
purse vs. pocketbook
buggy vs. shopping cart
Ya'll vs. You Guys....
Confederate vs. Yankee...