Jephthah Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.From what region was Jephthah?
- A. Judah
- B. Gilead ✓
- C. Galilee
- D. Bashan
Answer: Gilead
Judges 11:1 (KJV) — 'Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour.'
Q2.Why did his brethren cast him out?
- A. He was the youngest
- B. He was the son of an harlot ✓
- C. He was a leper
- D. He stole an inheritance
Answer: He was the son of an harlot
Judges 11:1 (KJV) — 'he was the son of an harlot.'
Q3.To what land did Jephthah flee?
- A. Moab
- B. Tob ✓
- C. Edom
- D. Aram
Answer: Tob
Judges 11:3 (KJV) — 'dwelt in the land of Tob.'
Q4.Whom did Jephthah fight?
- A. The Philistines
- B. The children of Ammon ✓
- C. The Midianites
- D. The Amalekites
Answer: The children of Ammon
Judges 11:4 (KJV) — 'the children of Ammon made war against Israel.'
Q5.What did Jephthah vow to offer?
- A. A bullock
- B. Whatsoever came forth of his doors to meet him ✓
- C. A tithe of spoil
- D. Seven lambs
Answer: Whatsoever came forth of his doors to meet him
Judges 11:31 (KJV) — 'whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me... shall surely be the LORD's.'
Q6.Who came out first to meet him?
- A. His servant
- B. His daughter ✓
- C. His wife
- D. His son
Answer: His daughter
Judges 11:34 (KJV) — 'his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels.'
Q7.How long was she given to bewail her virginity?
- A. Seven days
- B. One month
- C. Two months ✓
- D. One year
Answer: Two months
Judges 11:37 (KJV) — 'let me alone two months.'
Q8.What word did the Ephraimites fail to pronounce?
- A. Selah
- B. Shibboleth ✓
- C. Hosanna
- D. Maranatha
Answer: Shibboleth
Judges 12:6 (KJV) — 'Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth.'
Q9.How many Ephraimites fell at that time?
- A. 3,000
- B. 12,000
- C. 22,000
- D. 42,000 ✓
Answer: 42,000
Judges 12:6 (KJV) — 'there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.'
Q10.Jephthah is listed among the faithful in which chapter?
- A. Hebrews 11 ✓
- B. Romans 4
- C. James 2
- D. Acts 7
Answer: Hebrews 11
Hebrews 11:32 (KJV) — 'Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae.'