Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites (12:4)

And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so] that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; (12:5)

Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand (12:6)

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead (12:7)

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel (12:8)

And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, [whom] he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years (12:9)

Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem (12:10)

And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years (12:11)

And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun (12:12)

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel (12:13)

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years (12:14)

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites (12:15)

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