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Judges 11:6

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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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  1. Judges 11:4

    And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

  2. 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:

  3. Judges 11:7

    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?

  4. Judges 11:8

    And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.