Jephthah was called upon by the leaders of Gilead to fight against the Ammonites, who were oppressing the Israelites in Gilead, Ephraim, Benjamin, and Judah. After Jephthah defeated the Ammonites, the men of Ephraim became angry that they had not been called to join the battle, and they gathered to fight Jephthah at Zaphon. Jephthah’s men, however, defeated the Ephraimites and killed them as they tried to return to their homes across the Jordan River.
