Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
Jephthah fled to Israel’s frontier on the edge of civilization. Tob (Judges 11:3) stood between Ammon and Syria northeast of Gilead (cf. 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:8). The Hebrew term translated "worthless fellows" in the NASB is more accurately "adventurers," as in the NIV. These men were not necessarily evil, but they were wild. Jephthah evidently lived a Robin Hood style of existence. One writer likened him to a guerrilla fighter or terrorist. [Note: McCann, p. 80.] 