Judges:12

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* And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together , and went northward , and 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 thine house upon thee with fire . * And Jephthah said unto them , I and my people were at great strife #H7379with the children of Ammon ; and when I called you , ye delivered me not out of their hands . * And when I saw that ye delivered me not , I put my life in my hands , and passed over against the children of Ammon , and the LORD delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day , to fight against me ? * Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead Gil #ad #, and fought with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim , because they said , Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites , and among the Manassites . * And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites : and it was so , that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said , Let me go over ; that the men of Gilead said unto him , Art thou an Ephraimite ? If he said , Nay ; * Then said they unto him , Say now Shibboleth : and he said Sibboleth : for he could not frame # to pronounce it right . Then they took him , and slew him at the passages of Jordan : and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty #arba #iym # and two thousand . * And Jephthah judged Israel six years . Then died Jephthah the Gileadite Gil #adiy #, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead Gil #ad #. * And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem Beythjudged Israel Yisra #el #. * And he had thirty sons , and thirty daughters , whom he sent abroad , and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons . And he judged Israel seven years . * Then died Ibzan , and was buried at Bethlehem Beyth . * And after him Elon , a Zebulonite , judged Israel Yisra #el #; and he judged Israel ten years . * And Elon the Zebulonite died , and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun . * And after him Abdon the son of Hillel , a Pirathonite Pir #athowniy #, judged Israel Yisra #el #. * And he had forty #arba #iym # sons and thirty nephews ben #, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts : and he judged Israel eight years . * And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died , and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim , in the mount of the Amalekites .

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