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Judges
Chapter 12
1
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together,
and
went northward, and said unto Jephthah,
"Why
did you pass over us to fight against the children of Ammon,
and
did not call us to go with you?
We will burn your house upon you with fire."
2
And Jephthah said unto them,
"I
and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon
and
when I called you, you delivered me not out of their hands. 3
And
when I saw that you delivered me not,
I
put my life in my hands,
and
passed over against the children of Ammon,
and
Jehovah/God delivered them into my hand.
Why then are you come up unto me this day, to fight against me?"
4
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead,
and
fought with Ephraim
and
the men of Gilead smote Ephraim,
because
they said, 'you Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim
among
the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.'
5
And the Gileadites took the passages of the Jordan {River}
before
the Ephraimites
and
it was so,
that
when those Ephraimites which were escaped said,
'Let
me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him,
'Are
you an Ephraimite?'
If
he said, 'No.' 6
then
said they unto him,
'Say
now Shibboleth.
And
he said Sibboleth . . .
for
he could not frame to pronounce it right.
Then
they took him,
and
slew him at the passages of Jordan
and
there fell at that time of the Ephraimites
forty
and two thousand.
7 And Jephthah 'ruled over'/judged Israel six years.
Then
died Jephthah the Gileadite,
and
was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem 'ruled over'/judged Israel.
9
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters,
whom
he sent abroad,
and
took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons.
And he 'ruled over'/judged Israel seven years.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
11
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, 'ruled over'/judged Israel
and
he 'ruled over'/judged Israel ten years.
12
And Elon the Zebulonite died,
and
was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13
And after him Abdon, the son of Hillel,
a
Pirathonite, 'ruled over'/judged Israel.
14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews,
who
rode on threescore and ten {70} ass colts.
And he 'ruled over'/judged Israel eight years.
15
And Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite died,
and
was buried in Pirathon
in
the land of Ephraim,
in
the mount of the Amalekites.
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