12The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We're going to burn down your house over your head."H376H669H6817H5674H6828H559H3316H5674H3898H1121H5983H7121H3212H8313H1004H7842Jephthah answered, "I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn't save me out of their hands.H3316H559H5971H1961H3966H376H7379H1121H5983H2199H3467H30273When I saw that you wouldn't help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?"H7200H3467H7760H5315H3709H5674H1121H5983H3068H5414H3027H5927H3117H38984Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh."H3316H6908H582H1568H3898H669H582H1568H5221H669H559H1568H6412H669H8432H669H8432H45195The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the Gileadites asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he replied, "No,"H1568H3920H4569H3383H669H669H6412H559H5674H582H1568H559H673H5596they said, "All right, say 'Shibboleth.' " If he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.H559H559H7641H559H5451H3559H1696H3559H270H7819H4569H3383H5307H6256H669H705H8147H5057Jephthah led Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead.H3316H8199H3478H8337H8141H4191H3316H1569H6912H5892H15688After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.H310H78H1035H8199H34789He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.H7970H1121H7970H1323H7971H2351H935H7970H1323H2351H1121H8199H3478H7651H814110Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.H4191H78H6912H103511After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years.H310H356H2075H8199H3478H8199H3478H6235H814112Then Elon died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.H356H2075H4191H6912H357H776H207413After him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel.H310H5658H1121H1985H6553H8199H347814He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.H705H1121H7970H1121H1121H7392H7657H5895H8199H3478H8083H814115Then Abdon son of Hillel died and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.H5658H1121H1985H6553H4191H6912H6552H776H669H2022H6003
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