Judges:12:1-7
bes@Judges:12:1 @ 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.
bes@Judges:12:2 @ 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.
bes@Judges:12:3 @ 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?
bes@Judges:12:4 @ 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.
bes@Judges:12:5 @ 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.
bes@Judges:12:6 @ 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.
bes@Judges:12:7 @ And Jephthae judged Israel six years; and Jephthae the Galaadite died, and was buried in his city Galaad.
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