⁴After a time the Ammonites^c made war with Israel. ⁵When the Ammonites^d made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob. ⁶And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, so that we may make war against the Ammonites.”^e ⁷Jephthah said to the elders, “Did you not shun me and drive me out from the house of my father? Why do you come to me now when you have trouble?” ⁸And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That being so, we have now returned to you, that you may go with us to fight^f against the Ammonites^g and become for us as head of all the inhabitants of Gilead.” ⁹So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me back to fight^h against the Ammonites,ⁱ and Yahweh gives them over to me,^j will I be your head?” ¹⁰And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be a witness^k between us; we will act according to your word.” ¹¹So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh at Mizpah.

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Footnotes

cLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
dLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
eLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
fLiterally “to make war”
gLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
hLiterally “to make war”
iLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
jLiterally “before me”
kLiterally “hearer”