Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of [a]Tob: and there gathered idle fellows to Jephthah, and [b]went out with him.

¶ And in process of time, the children of Ammon made war with Israel.

And when the children of Ammon fought with Israel, the [c]Elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:3 Where the governor of the country was called Tob.
  2. Judges 11:3 Joined with him, as some think, against his brethren.
  3. Judges 11:5 Or, ambassadors, sent for that purpose.

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