וַיְהִ֖י מִיָּמִ֑ים וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Ce fut quelque temps après, qu’eut lieu la guerre des Ammonites contre Israël.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“It was when the Ammonites went to war with Israel” [11:4]. When the people of Ammon came to wage war with Israel, the elders from the city of Gilead went to Jephtah and said to him. Come with us and you will be a lord over us and we will wage war against Ammon. Jephtah responded: you hated me and drove me out of my father’s house. Now, you are in trouble and you come to me. They pleaded with him that he should go and wage war and he will be a lord over them. Jephtah asked and said: promise me that if I will defeat Ammon that I will certainly be a lord over you. The elders responded to Jephtah: God should be a witness between us that we will do everything that you have said.