Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.

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:

and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.