Translations
The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is exactly why we've come back to you — so you will go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become head over all who live in Gilead.'
The elders of Gil'ad said to Yiftach, 'That is precisely why we have turned back to you now — so that you will go with us and fight against Bnei Ammon and become head over all the inhabitants of Gil'ad.'
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”