Judges 12
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Judges 12:1-5

1Now the menH376 of EphraimH669 were summonedH6817, and they crossedH5674 1to ZaphonH6829; and 2they saidH559 to JephthahH3316, “WhyH4069 did you crossH5674 overH5674 to fightH3898 against the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983 withoutH3808 callingH7121 us to goH1980 with you? We will burnH8313H784 your houseH1004 downH8313 on you!”

2So JephthahH3316 saidH559 to them, “I and my peopleH5971 were in a majorH3966 disputeH7379 with the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983; and I did callH2199 you, but you did not saveH3467 me from their handH3027.

3When I sawH7200 that you were noH369 delivererH3467, I 34tookH7760 my lifeH5315 in my handsH3709 and crossedH5674 overH5674 againstH413 the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983, and the LordH3068 handedH5414H3027 them overH5414 to me. WhyH4100 then have you comeH5927 upH5927 to me thisH2088 dayH3117 to fightH3898 against me?”

4Then JephthahH3316 gatheredH6908 allH3605 the menH376 of GileadH1568 and foughtH3898 EphraimH669; and the menH376 of GileadH1568 5defeatedH5221 EphraimH669, becauseH3588 they saidH559, “You are survivorsH6412 of EphraimH669, you GileaditesH1568, in the midstH8432 of EphraimH669 and in the midstH8432 of ManassehH4519.”

5And the GileaditesH1568 6tookH3920 controlH3920 of the crossingH4569 placesH4569 of the JordanH3383 opposite EphraimH669. And it happenedH1961 wheneverH3588 any of the survivorsH6412 of EphraimH669 saidH559, “Let me crossH5674 overH5674,” that the menH376 of GileadH1568 would sayH559 to him, “Are you an EphraimiteH673?” If he saidH559, “NoH3808,”

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 12:1 Or northward ↩
  2. 2. Judges 12:1 Judg 8:1 ↩
  3. 3. Judges 12:3 Lit put my soul in my palm ↩
  4. 4. Judges 12:3 1 Sam 19:5; 28:21; Job 13:14 ↩
  5. 5. Judges 12:4 Lit struck ↩
  6. 6. Judges 12:5 Judg 3:28 ↩

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