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Judges 12
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Jephthah and the Ephraimites

12The men of Ephraim prepared for battle; they crossed the Jordan River to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross the border to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We'll burn the house down over your head!"H376H669H6817H5674H6828H559H3316H5674H3898H1121H5983H7121H3212H8313H1004H784
2But Jephthah told them, "My people and I had a serious quarrel with the Ammonites. I did call you, but you would not rescue me from them.H3316H559H5971H1961H3966H376H7379H1121H5983H2199H3467H3027
3When I saw that you were not going to, I risked my life and crossed the border to fight them, and the LORD gave me victory over them. So why are you coming up to fight me now?"H7200H3467H7760H5315H3709H5674H1121H5983H3068H5414H3027H5927H3117H3898
4Then Jephthah brought all the men of Gilead together, fought the men of Ephraim and defeated them. (The Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites in Ephraim and Manasseh, you are deserters from Ephraim!")H3316H6908H582H1568H3898H669H582H1568H5221H669H559H1568H6412H669H8432H669H8432H4519
5In order to keep the Ephraimites from escaping, the Gileadites captured the places where the Jordan could be crossed. When any Ephraimite who was trying to escape would ask permission to cross, the men of Gilead would ask, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"H1568H3920H4569H3383H669H669H6412H559H5674H582H1568H559H673H559
6they would tell him to say "Shibboleth." But he would say "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would grab him and kill him there at one of the Jordan River crossings. At that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites were killed.H559H559H7641H559H5451H3559H1696H3559H270H7819H4569H3383H5307H6256H669H705H8147H505
7Jephthah led Israel for six years. Then he died and was buried in his hometown in Gilead.H3316H8199H3478H8337H8141H4191H3316H1569H6912H5892H1568

Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon

8After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.H310H78H1035H8199H3478
9He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters in marriage outside the clan and brought thirty young women from outside the clan for his sons to marry. Ibzan led Israel for seven years,H7970H1121H7970H1323H7971H2351H935H7970H1323H2351H1121H8199H3478H7651H8141
10then he died and was buried at Bethlehem.H4191H78H6912H1035
11After Ibzan, Elon from Zebulun led Israel for ten years.H310H356H2075H8199H3478H8199H3478H6235H8141
12Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.H356H2075H4191H6912H357H776H2074
13After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel from Pirathon led Israel.H310H5658H1121H1985H6553H8199H3478
14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,H705H1121H7970H1121H1121H7392H7657H5895H8199H3478H8083H8141
15then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim in the hill country of the Amalekites.H5658H1121H1985H6553H4191H6912H6552H776H669H2022H6003


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