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So Jephthah escaped from his brothers and lived in the territory of Tob, where worthless men gathered themselves around him and went out on raiding parties with him.

Later on, the Ammonites attacked Israel. When this happened,[a] the elders of Gilead went to the territory of Tob to find Jephthah.

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  1. Judges 11:5 Lit. When the Ammonites attacked Israel

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob,(A) where a gang of scoundrels(B) gathered around him and followed him.

Some time later, when the Ammonites(C) were fighting against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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