Judges 11:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ The elders of Gilead responded to Jephthah, “May the Lord serve^[a] as a witness that we’re making this agreement between ourselves to do as we’ve said.” ¹¹ So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people appointed him head and military commander over them. Jephthah uttered everything he had to say with the solemnity of an oath^[b] in the Lord’s presence at Mizpah.

Jephthah’s Dialogue with the Ammonites

¹² Afterwards, Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites to ask him, “What’s your dispute between us that prompted you to come and attack my land?”