When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.

亚扪人攻打以色列的时候，基列的长老到陀伯地去，要叫耶弗他回来；

亚扪人攻打以色列的时候，基列的长老去请耶弗他从陀伯地回来。

亚扪人攻打以色列的时候，基列的长老去请耶弗他从陀伯地回来。

基列的众长老就去陀伯请耶弗他，

亚扪人与以色列人争战的时候，基列的众长老就去，把耶弗他从陀伯请回来。

亞捫人攻打以色列的時候，基列的長老到陀伯地去，要叫耶弗他回來；

亞捫人攻打以色列的時候，基列的長老去請耶弗他從陀伯地回來。

亞捫人攻打以色列的時候，基列的長老去請耶弗他從陀伯地回來。

基列的眾長老就去陀伯請耶弗他，

亞捫人與以色列人爭戰的時候，基列的眾長老就去，把耶弗他從陀伯請回來。

亞捫人一攻打了以色列，基列的長老就去、要把耶弗他從陀伯地請來；

基列長老往陀伯地、招耶弗他、

基列長老往奪地、招耶弗大、

亞捫人攻以色列人時、基列長老往陀伯地、招耶弗他歸、

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

So the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah 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.

When the Ammonites made war with Israel, 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;

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.

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;

When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

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:

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

When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob.

Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

But there were some scoundrels who complained,“ How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them.[ Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn’t allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn’t a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh gilead.]

The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. The Israelites were in great distress.

Then the people exclaimed to Samuel,“ Now where are those men who said,‘ Why should Saul rule over us?’ Bring them here, and we will kill them!”

The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.

Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry.He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message:“ This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the Lord made the people afraid of Saul’s anger, and all of them came out together as one.

“ So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded,‘ Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.“ Moses himself told the people of Israel,‘ God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people.’Moses was with our ancestors, the assembly of God’s people in the wilderness, when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai. And there Moses received life giving words to pass on to us.“ But our ancestors refused to listen to Moses. They rejected him and wanted to return to Egypt.

At that time the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were camped in Gilead, and the people of Israel assembled and camped at Mizpah.The leaders of Gilead said to each other,“ Whoever attacks the Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.”