Judges 11:1-6 ▼

1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

2 Gilead's wife also gave him sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, |You are not going to inherit any of our father's wealth, because you are another woman's son.|

3 So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah's gang and traveled with him.

4 It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.

5 When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

6 They said, |Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.|