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We will burn your house down on you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And I saw that you would not save <i>me</i>, so I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>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?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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 <i>and</i> in the midst of Manasseh.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened when <i>any of</i> 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,” <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>then they would say to him, “Say now, ‘Shibboleth.’” But he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>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. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in <i>one of</i> the cities of Gilead. <p class="hdg">Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon Judge Israel</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters <i>whom</i> he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>gave in marriage outside <i>the family</i>, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel after him; and he judged Israel ten years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>northward</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>put my soul in my palm</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>speak so</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>sent outside</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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