Judges 11:1-7

1Now JephthahH3316 the GileaditeH1569 wasH1961 a mighty manH1368 of valorH2428; heH1931 was the sonH1121H802 of a prostituteH2181, and GileadH1568 was hisH3316 fatherH3205. 2And Gilead’sH1568 wifeH802 bore himH3205 sonsH1121 whoH1121H802 grew upH1431, drove JephthahH3316 outH1644, and saidH559 to him, “You shall have noH3808 inheritanceH5157 in our father’sH1 houseH1004, becauseH3588 youH859 are the sonH1121 of anotherH312 womanH802.”

3So JephthahH3316 fledH1272 fromH6440 his brothersH251 and settledH3427 in the landH776 of TobH2897, where worthless menH7386 gathered aroundH3950H413 him and traveledH3318 with himH5973.

4Some time laterH1961H3117, when the AmmonitesH1121H5983 foughtH3898 againstH5973 IsraelH3478 5andH1961 made warH3898 withH5973 them, the eldersH2205 of GileadH1568 wentH1980 to getH3947 JephthahH3316 from the landH776 of TobH2897. 6“ComeH1980,” they saidH559, “beH1961 our commanderH7101, so that we can fightH3898 against the AmmonitesH1121H5983.”

7JephthahH3316 repliedH559 to the eldersH2205 of GileadH1568, “Did youH859 notH3808 hateH8130 meH853 and expel meH1644 from my father’sH1 houseH1004? WhyH4069 then have you comeH935 to meH413 nowH6258, whenH834 you are in distressH6862?”