King James Version (KJV)
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:
Modern English
When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
Hebrew
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁר־נִלְחֲמ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֖וֹן עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד לָקַ֥חַת אֶת־יִפְתָּ֖ח מֵאֶ֥רֶץ טֽוֹב׃
vayhiy kaʾasher-nilḥamv bney-ʿamvon ʿim-yishraʾel vayelkv ziqney gilʿad laqaḥat ʾet-yiptaḥ meʾereṣ ṭvob