³ Then Jephthah fled from his brethren and dwelt in the land of Tob; and vain men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.

⁴ ¶ And it came to pass after some days that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel.

⁵ And when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;