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Judges 11:5
“It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;”
Verse in context — Judges 11
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Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
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It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
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It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
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and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
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Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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