Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleand made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. Young's Literal Translation and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob; King James Bible And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: Hebrew andוַיְהִ֕י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be made war נִלְחֲמ֥וּ (nil·ḥă·mū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with [them], יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc the elders זִקְנֵ֣י (ziq·nê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 2205: Old of Gilead גִלְעָ֔ד (ḡil·‘āḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites went וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to get לָקַ֥חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3947: To take Jephthah יִפְתָּ֖ח (yip̄·tāḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3316: Jephthah -- 'He opens', a Gileadite, also a city of Judah from the land מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Tob. טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2897: Tob -- a region East of the Jordan |