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Gilead’s wife also gave[a] him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, “You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth,[b] because you are another woman’s son.” So Jephthah left[c] his half brothers[d] and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.[e]

It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:2 tn Heb “bore.”
  2. Judges 11:2 tn Heb “in the house of our father.”
  3. Judges 11:3 tn Or “fled from.”
  4. Judges 11:3 tn Heb “brothers.”
  5. Judges 11:3 tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”