“And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. gathered: Heb. were called”
After they had passed Jordan. Thus ambition envieth God’s work in others as they did also against Gideon, Judg. 8:1 .