GAthered themselves] Hebr. were called, Being moved with vain-glory, and envying Jephthahs, and the Gileadites victory, and good successe, as they did formerly Gideons, Chap. 8. 1.
North-ward] That is, over Jordan into Gilead, which was on the north of Ephraim, where Jephthah lived.
not call us] They backed their insolencie and ungratitude with a lye; for Jephthah, vers. 2. telleth them, That he had called them to the war, but they would not come.