Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, "You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim's and Manasseh's territory."

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"

Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.