6 Then they said to Jephʹthah: “Do come and serve as our commander, and let us fight against the sons of Amʹmon.”

9 So Jephʹthah said to the older men of Gilʹe·ad: “If YOU are bringing me back to fight against the sons of Amʹmon, and Jehovah does abandon+ them to me, I, for my part, shall become YOUR head!”