And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Ver. 7. Did not ye hate me, and expel me?] It may be some of his brethren were elders, or at least they cast him out formula iuris, by an order of the elders giving judgment against him.
And why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?] May not God justly say as much to most of us? we seldom seek to him till needs must. It was a trim saying and very true of General Vere to the King of Denmark, that kings cared not for soldiers until such times as their crowns hung on the one side of their head.