1. Jephthah the Gileadite was a great warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
2. Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
3. So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Then some lawless men joined Jephthah and traveled with him.
4. Some time later, the Ammonites fought against Israel.
5. When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6. They said to him, “Come, be our commander, and let’s fight against the Ammonites.”