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Judges 12 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Jdg 12:1

Jdg 12:1And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, 'Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

Jdg 12:2

Jdg 12:2And Jephthah saith unto them, 'A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

Jdg 12:3

Jdg 12:3and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?'

Jdg 12:4

Jdg 12:4And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite Ephraim, because they said, 'Fugitives of Ephraim are ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim -- in the midst of Manasseh.'

Jdg 12:5

Jdg 12:5And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim say, 'Let me pass over,' and the men of Gilead say to him, 'An Ephramite thou?' and he saith, 'No;'

Jdg 12:6

Jdg 12:6that they say to him, 'Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, 'Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right -- and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

Jdg 12:7

Jdg 12:7And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Jdg 12:8

Jdg 12:8And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel,

Jdg 12:9

Jdg 12:9and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

Jdg 12:10

Jdg 12:10And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem.

Jdg 12:11

Jdg 12:11And after him Elon the Zebulunite judgeth Israel, and he judgeth Israel ten years,

Jdg 12:12

Jdg 12:12and Elon the Zebulunite dieth, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.

Jdg 12:13

Jdg 12:13And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel,

Jdg 12:14

Jdg 12:14and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

Jdg 12:15

Jdg 12:15And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.
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