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Judges 11:4-11
The elders seek Jephthah
Jephthah and His Vow · Judges 11
Open this scene in the reader →4After some time, the Ammonites fought against Israel.
5And when the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, and let us fight against the Ammonites.”
7Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me out from my father’s house? So why have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
8And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have now come back to you, so that you may go with us and fight against the Ammonites, and you will be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
9Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me back to fight against the Ammonites, and Yahweh gives them before me, I will be your head.”
10Then the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Yahweh will be witness between us if we do not do according to your word.”
11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh at Mizpah.
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