Because they said ... - This pa age is extremely obscure. It can be rendered as follows: The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they …

All the men of Gilead. — This probably implies the Eastern tribes generally.

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and
fought with Ephraim
The Ep…

The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is wro…