Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are you come to me now when you are in distress?
Today we would say that Jephthah was an abused child (Judges 11:2). His half-brothers rejected him in violation of the Mosaic Law that commanded the Israelites to love one another, their neighbors, and outcasts (Leviticus 19:33-34; Deuteronomy 10:12-22). David may have suffered the same kind of hostility in his family (cf. Psalms 27:10). One also recalls Jesus’ rejection (cf. Isaiah 53:3), though we have no reason to believe His parents abused Him.