3. So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows gathered themselves about Jephthah, and they went out with him.
4. It came about after a while that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
5. When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
6. and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon."