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Judges 12 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Jephthah Fights Ephraim

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Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed [fn]to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon, but did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - Then Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon. And I cried out to you, but you did not save me from their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - “And I saw that you would not save me, so I [fn]took my life in my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim down because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, O Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then they would say to him, “Say now, ‘Shibboleth.’” But he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not [fn]pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,000 of Ephraim.

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And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon Judge Israel

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Then Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:9 - And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he [fn]gave in marriage outside the family, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 - Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

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Then Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel after him; and he judged Israel ten years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:12 - And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

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Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:15 - Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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