3. So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.
4. It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.
5. When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.
6. They said, “Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”
7. Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”