9 And Jephthah said to Gilead’s elders, "If you bring me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them over to me, I alone will be your leader."
10 Gilead’s elders replied to him, "The Lord is our witness; we will surely do what you’ve said."
11 So Jephthah went with Gilead’s elders, and the people made him leader and commander over them. At Mizpah before the Lord, Jephthah repeated everything he had said.
12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, "What is the problem between us that you’ve come against me to make war in my land?"
13 The Ammonite king responded to Jephthah’s messengers, "When the Israelites were coming up from Egypt, they seized my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peacefully!"
14 Then Jephthah again sent messengers to the Ammonite king
15 and said to him, “Jephthah states: Israel didn’t seize the land of the Moabites or the land of the Ammonites.