Mum was a prostitute. My half-brothers threw me out. Went to Tob. Men with nothing to lose gathered round me.
Jephthah the Gileadite
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Thrown out. Called back.
My father was Gilead. My mother was a prostitute. My father’s wife had sons, and when they grew up they threw me out. I went to the land of Tob, and men with nothing to lose gathered round me. Then the Ammonites came, and the same people who threw me out came looking for me.
Gilead, then the land of TobFirst seen Judges 11:1
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Now the Ammonites are here, the elders of Gilead want me back. Asked them: didn't you hate me? Didn't you throw me out? Their answer: that's why we've come back to you. Lead us.
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Made them say it in front of the LORD at Mizpah: if the LORD gives me the win, I'm their head. They did.