Judges 11:1-7

1Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.

2Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father’s inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”

3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.

4At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.

5When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.

6The elders said, “Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!”

7But Jephthah said to them, “Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”