11 ^1-2 Now Jephthah was a great warrior from the land of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute. His father (whose name was Gilead) had several other sons by his legitimate wife, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah out of the country.

“You son of a whore!” they said. “You’ll not get any of our father’s estate.”

³ So Jephthah fled from his father’s home and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had quite a band of malcontents as his followers, living off the land as bandits. ⁴ It was about this time that the Ammonites began their war against Israel.