12The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down over you!"H376H669H6817H5674H6828H559H3316H5674H3898H1121H5983H7121H3212H8313H1004H7842Jephthah said to them, "My people and I were engaged in conflict with the Ammonites who oppressed us severely. But when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand.H3316H559H5971H1961H3966H376H7379H1121H5983H2199H3467H30273When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand, and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?"H7200H3467H7760H5315H3709H5674H1121H5983H3068H5414H3027H5927H3117H38984Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives from Ephraim, you Gileadites—in the heart of Ephraim and Manasseh."H3316H6908H582H1568H3898H669H582H1568H5221H669H559H1568H6412H669H8432H669H8432H45195Then the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever one of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" When he said, "No,"H1568H3920H4569H3383H669H669H6412H559H5674H582H1568H559H673H5596they said to him, "Then say Shibboleth," and he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites fell at that time.H559H559H7641H559H5451H3559H1696H3559H270H7819H4569H3383H5307H6256H669H705H8147H5057Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his town in Gilead.H3316H8199H3478H8337H8141H4191H3316H1569H6912H5892H1568
Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
8After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.H310H78H1035H8199H34789He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters in marriage outside his clan and brought in thirty young women from outside for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.H7970H1121H7970H1323H7971H2351H935H7970H1323H2351H1121H8199H3478H7651H814110Then Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.H4191H78H6912H103511After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.H310H356H2075H8199H3478H8199H3478H6235H814112Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.H356H2075H4191H6912H357H776H207413After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.H310H5658H1121H1985H6553H8199H347814He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys; he judged Israel eight years.H705H1121H7970H1121H1121H7392H7657H5895H8199H3478H8083H814115Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.H5658H1121H1985H6553H4191H6912H6552H776H669H2022H6003