“1 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. 2 And Jephthah said unto
them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon;
and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And
when I saw that ye delivered [me] not, I put my life in my hands, and
passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them
into my hand: wherefore then are ye 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, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites,
[and] among the Manassites. 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of
Jordan 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, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 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 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 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 judged Israel seven years. 10
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. 11 And after him Elon, a
Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he 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, judged
Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on
threescore and ten ass colts: and he 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.” (Judges 12:1-15
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