Judges 11:5

When the Ammonites attacked, ¹  the leaders ²  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ³  from the land of Tob.

the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;

When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob. They said,

With the Ammonites at war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;

And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.

And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

When the Ammonites attacked, ¹  the leaders ²  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ³  from the land of Tob.

¹ tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”

² tn Or “elders.”

³ tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”