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* And the men of Ephraim (note :)i . e ., by calling (:note ) assembled themselves , and passed on to the north , and said to Jephthae , Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon , and didst not call us to go with thee ? we will burn thy house over thee with fire . * And Jephthae said to them , (note :)Gr . I was a man , a warrior (:note ) I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war ; and I called for you , and ye did not save me out of their hand . * And I saw that thou (note :)Gr . art (:note ) wert no Gr . saviour or deliverer helper , and I put my life in my hand , and passed on to the sons of Ammon ; and the Lord delivered them into my hand : and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me ? * And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad , and fought with Ephraim ; and the men of Galaad smote Ephraim , because they that were escaped of Ephraim said , Ye are of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse . * And Galaad took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim ; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them , Let us go over : and the men of Galaad said , Art thou an Ephrathite ? and he said , No . * Then they said to him , Say now (note :)Hebrews . tlbv , "Shibboleth ," ear of corn ; If translated at all , the English may as well be put as the Greek ; Alex . sunyhma , q . d ., watchword (:note ) Stachys ; and he did not rightly pronounce it so : and they took him , and slew him at the fords of Jordan ; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand . * And Jephthae judged Israel six years ; and Jephthae the Galaadite died , and was buried in his city Galaad . * And after him Abaissan of Bethleem judged Israel . * And he had thirty sons , and thirty daughters , whom he sent forth ; and he brought in thirty daughters for his sons from without ; and he judged Israel seven years . * And Abaissan died , and was buried in Bethleem . * And after him Ælom of Zabulon judged Israel ten years . * And Ælom of Zabulon died , and was buried in Ælom in the land of Zabulon . * And after him Abdon the son of Ellel , the Pharathonite , judged Israel . * And he had forty sons , and thirty grandsons , that rode upon seventy colts : and he judged Israel eight years . * And Abdon the son of Ellel , the Pharathonite , died , and was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim in the mount of Amalec .

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