5. When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6. And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, so that we may make war against the Ammonites.”
7. Jephthah 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?”
8. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That being so, we have now returned to you, that you may go with us to fight against the Ammonites and become for us as head of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
9. So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me back to fight against the Ammonites, and Yahweh gives them over to me, will I be your head?”
10. And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be a witness between us; we will act according to your word.”