Judges 11:8

“And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, etc.] In reply to his objection: therefore we turn again unto thee now; being sensible of the injury they had done him, and repenting of it, of which their return to him was an evidence; it being with this view to remove the disgrace and dishonour that had been cast upon him, by conferring such honour on him, as to be their chief ruler: that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead; the end of their coming to him was not only to bring him back with them to his own country, and to fight against the Ammonites, and the defence of it, but to be the sole governor of it; not of…”

“Therefore - Being sensible that we have done thee injury, we come now to make thee full reparation. Judges 11:9”

“the elders: Exo 8:8, Exo 8:28, Exo 9:28, Exo 10:17; Kg1 13:6; Luk 17:3, Luk 17:4 we turn: Jdg 10:18 Judges 11:9”

“The elders replied, "Therefore (לכן, because we have formerly done thee wrong) we have now come to thee again to make thee our head, if thou comest with us and fightest against the Ammonites." The clauses והלכתּ, ונלהמתּ, and והיית, which are formally co-ordinate, are logically to be subordinated to one another, the first two expressing the condition, the third the consequence, in this sense, "If thou go with us and fight, ... thou shalt be head to us, namely, to all the inhabitants of Gilead," i.e., to the two tribes and a half on the east of the Jordan. Judges 11:9”