Judges 12
1. 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.
2. And Jephthah said * unto them, I and my people were * at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called * you, ye delivered * me not out of their hands.
3. 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?
4. Then Jephthah gathered together * all the men of Gilead, 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.
5. 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;
6. 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 and two thousand.
7. And Jephthah judged * Israel six years. Then died * Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried * in one of the cities of Gilead.
8. And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged * Israel.
9. 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.
10. Then died * Ibzan, and was buried * at Bethlehem.
11. And after him Elon, a Zebulonite,judged * Israel; and he judged * Israel ten years.
12. And Elon the Zebulonite died * , and was buried * in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13. And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged * Israel.
14. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode * on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged * Israel eight years.
15. 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.
