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• Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior. His mother was a prostitute, and his father was Gilead. (Judges 11, 1)

• But Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah out saying, "You shall not share or inherit anything in the household of our father, for you are the son of another woman." (Judges 11, 2)

• Jephthah fled from his brothers and went to the region of Tob. There he joined a band of mercenaries who made their raids with him. (Judges 11, 3)

• So the elders of Gilead went to Jephthah in the land of Tob (Judges 11, 5)

• Jephthah answered the elders of Gilead, "Didn't you drive me out of my father's house because you hated me? Why do you come to me now in your distress?" (Judges 11, 7)

• Jephthah answered them, "If you ask me to return to fight the Ammonites and Yahweh grants me victory, I will be your head." (Judges 11, 9)

• So Jephthah returned with the elders of Gilead and the people made him their head and general, and Jephthah repeated all his conditions before Yahweh in Mizpah. (Judges 11, 11)

• Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites to say to him, "What happened between us that you come and attack me in my own country?" (Judges 11, 12)

• Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, (Judges 11, 14)

• saying "This is what Jephthah says: Israel has not seized the land of the Ammonites. (Judges 11, 15)

• But the king of the Ammonites did not pay attention to Jephthah's message. (Judges 11, 28)

• The Spirit of Yahweh came upon Jephthah. He went through Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and then entered the territory of the Ammonites. (Judges 11, 29)