King James Version (KJV)
Judges 11:5
“And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:”
Verse in context — Judges 11
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Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
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And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
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And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
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And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
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And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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