12:1And the
men of
Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they 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 thy
house upon thee with
fire.
12:2And
Jephthah said unto them, I and my
people were at great strife with the children of
Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their
hand.
12:3And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my
life in my
hand, and passed over against the children of
Ammon, and
Jehovah delivered them into my
hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this
day, to fight against me?
12:4Then
Jephthah gathered together all the
men of
Gilead, and fought with
Ephraim; and the
men of
Gilead smote
Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of
Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of
Ephraim,
and in the midst of
Manasseh.
12:5And the Gileadites took the fords of the
Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when
any of the fugitives of
Ephraim said, Let me go over, the
men of
Gilead said unto him, Art thou an
Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
12:6then said they unto him, Say now
Shibboleth; and he said
Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it
right: then they laid
hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the
Jordan. And there fell at that
time of
Ephraim forty and two thousand.
12:7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
12:8And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. 12:9And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 12:10And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 12:11And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12:12And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
12:13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. 12:14And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 12:15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
