New Revised Standard Version
And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.

New American Bible
As soon as the Ammonites were at war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:

And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them:

made war.

Judges 10:9,17,18 Insomuch that the children of Ammon, passing over the Jordan, wasted Juda, and Benjamin, and Ephraim: and Israel was distressed exceedingly. . . .

to fetch

1 Samuel 10:27 But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents; but he dissembled as though he heard not.

1 Samuel 11:6,7,12 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul, when he had heard these words, and his anger was exceedingly kindled. . . .

Psalm 118:22,23 The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner. . . .

Acts 7:35-39 This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? Him God sent to be prince and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush. . . .

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. . . .