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1 Jephthah was a soldier from the region of Gilead. Jephthah's father was named Gilead. His mother was a prostitute. 2 Gilead's wife also gave birth to sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they threw Jephthah out. They told him, |You'll get no inheritance from our father. You're the son of that other woman.| 3 Jephthah fled from his brothers. He went to live in the land of Tob. Worthless men gathered around Jephthah and went out [on raids] with him. 4 Later, Ammon waged war with Israel. 5 When the Ammonites attacked Israel, Gilead's leaders went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. Judges 11:1-5, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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