KJV ORIGINAL
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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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, 'Didn't you hate me and kick me out of my father's house? So why are you coming to me now when you're in trouble?'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jephthah is confronting the leaders who rejected him in the past but now want his help because they're desperate.
📚 Historical Context
Jephthah was the son of Gilead by a prostitute, making him illegitimate in the eyes of his half-brothers who drove him away to protect their inheritance. The Ammonites were now threatening the Israelites in Gilead, and the desperate elders remembered that Jephthah had become a successful warrior leader of a band of outcasts.
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