Judges 12

1And the menH376 of EphraimH669 were gathered together, and passedH5674 northward; and they saidH559 unto JephthahH3316, Wherefore passedst thou over to fightH3898 against the children of AmmonH5983, and didst not callH7121 us to go with thee? we will burnH8313 thy houseH1004 upon thee with fireH784. 2And JephthahH3316 saidH559 unto them, I and my peopleH5971 wereH1961 at great strifeH7379 with the children of AmmonH5983; and when I calledH2199 you, ye savedH3467 me not out of their handH3027. 3And when I sawH7200 that ye savedH3467 me not, I putH5414 my lifeH5315 in my handH3027, and passedH5674 over against the children of AmmonH5983, and Jehovah delivered them into my handH3027: wherefore then are ye comeH5927 up unto me this dayH3117, to fightH3898 against me? 4Then JephthahH3316 gatheredH6908 togetherH6908 all the menH376 of GileadH1568, and foughtH3898 with EphraimH669; and the menH376 of GileadH1568 smote EphraimH669, because they saidH559, Ye are fugitivesH6412 of EphraimH669, ye Gileadites, in the midstH8432 of EphraimH669, and in the midstH8432 of ManassehH4519. 5And the Gileadites tookH3920 the fords of the JordanH3383 against the Ephraimites. And it wasH1961 so, that, when any of the fugitivesH6412 of EphraimH669 saidH559, Let me go over, the menH376 of GileadH1568 saidH559 unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he saidH559, Nay; 6then saidH559 they unto him, SayH559 now Shibboleth; and he saidH559 Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid holdH270 on him, and slew him at the fords of the JordanH3383. And there fellH5307 at that timeH6256 of EphraimH669 fortyH705 and twoH8147 thousandH505.

7And JephthahH3316 judgedH8199 IsraelH3478 sixH8337 yearsH8141. Then diedH4191 JephthahH3316 the GileaditeH1569, and was buriedH6912 inone ofthe citiesH5892 of GileadH1568.

8And after him IbzanH78 of Beth-lehem judgedH8199 IsraelH3478. 9And he had thirtyH7970 sonsH1121; and thirtyH7970 daughtersH1323 he sentH7971 abroad, and thirtyH7970 daughtersH1323 he broughtH935 in from abroad for his sonsH1121. And he judgedH8199 IsraelH3478 sevenH7651 yearsH8141. 10And IbzanH78 diedH4191, and was buriedH6912 at Beth-lehem.

11And after him ElonH356 the ZebuluniteH2075 judgedH8199 IsraelH3478; and he judgedH8199 IsraelH3478 tenH6235 yearsH8141. 12And Elon the ZebuluniteH2075 diedH4191, and was buriedH6912 in AijalonH357 in the landH776 of ZebulunH2074.

13And after him AbdonH5658 the sonH1121 of HillelH1985 the PirathoniteH6553 judgedH8199 IsraelH3478. 14And he had fortyH705 sonsH1121 and thirtyH7970 sons’H1121 sonsH1121, that rodeH7392 on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judgedH8199 IsraelH3478 eightH8083 yearsH8141. 15And AbdonH5658 the sonH1121 of HillelH1985 the PirathoniteH6553 diedH4191, and was buriedH6912 in Pirathon in the landH776 of EphraimH669, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.