Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
Jephthah traveled through Gilead, in the tribal territory of Gad, and eastern Manasseh, to the north, recruiting soldiers. He led his troops back to Mizpah in Gilead (cf. Judges 11:11) and then eastward into Ammon.