Judges 10:17

An Outcast Becomes a General

10:17 The Ammonites assembled ¹  and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.

Judges 11:5

11:5 When the Ammonites attacked, ²  the leaders ³  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ⁴  from the land of Tob.

Judges 12:7

12:7 Jephthah led ⁵  Israel for six years; then he ⁶  died and was buried in his city in Gilead. ⁷ 

¹ tn Or “were summoned;” or “were mustered.”

² tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”

³ tn Or “elders.”

⁴ tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”

³ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

⁴ tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.