Judges 11:29
Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Cross-reference
In Judges 11:11, Jephthah is made leader at Mizpah — the same place he now returns to before marching out, fulfilling his earlier commission.
In Judges 11:39, Jephthah fulfills his rash vow after the victory — the tragic outcome that follows the Spirit-empowered campaign begun here.
Judges 3:10 has the identical formula 'Spirit of the Lord came upon him' for Othniel, establishing the pattern of divine empowerment for judges.
In Judges 10:17, the Ammonites camp in Gilead, and Israel camps in Mizpah — the same geographical setting where Jephthah's Spirit-empowered campaign begins.
Judges 6:34 says the Spirit 'clothed' Gideon—a different image but the same empowering for deliverance, showing variety in the Spirit's work on judges.
In Judges 14:6, the Spirit rushes upon Samson to tear a lion — the same divine empowerment Jephthah receives here, but for a military campaign rather than a feat of strength.
Judges 13:25 records the Spirit 'beginning to stir' Samson—another variant of Spirit-empowered leadership within the same book.
In 1 Samuel 11:6, the Spirit rushes upon Saul when he hears of Jabesh-gilead's distress — the same divine empowerment for military deliverance that Jephthah receives here.
1 Samuel 10:10 describes the Spirit 'rushing upon' Saul to prophesy—a similar divine endowment but for prophetic rather than military purposes.
1 Samuel 16:13-15 recounts the Spirit rushing upon David and departing from Saul—paralleling the Spirit's empowerment for a chosen leader.
In Joshua 13:26, the territory from Mahanaim to the border of the Ammonites is described — the same region Jephthah traverses here before attacking Ammon.