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11 So Jephthah returned with the leaders of Gilead; the people made him their leader and commander, and Jephthah repeated his words before the Eternal at Mizpah.

12 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites.

Jephthah’s Message: What do you have against me? Why are you attacking my people in my land?

13 This king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers.

King of the Ammonites: Israel, when it traveled out of Egypt, took away my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok and from the Jabbok all the way to the Jordan. Give it back, and we will be at peace.

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