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Judges chapter 12
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The mobilized, crossed over to , and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to with you in it!”Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were in a with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you didn’t come to us from them.”When I saw that you weren’t going to help, I and crossed over to fight the Ammonites—and . So why are you coming after me today to pick a fight?Then Jephthah gathered all the men of and fought Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck them down because Ephraim had said, “You Gileadites are nothing but Ephraim’s —nobodies caught between Ephraim and Manasseh.”The Gileadites seized the ahead of Ephraim. Whenever one of the Ephraimite survivors said, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”they would say, “Then say ‘.’” If he said “Sibboleth”—because he couldn’t pronounce it right—they would grab him and kill him right there at the crossing points of the Jordan. Ephraimites fell at that time.Jephthah for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.After him, from led Israel.He had thirty sons. He and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He led Israel for seven years.Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.After him, from the tribe of led Israel. He led Israel for ten years.Then Elon from Zebulun died and was buried in , in the territory of Zebulun.After him, son of Hillel from led Israel.He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who . He led Israel for eight years.Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon, in the , in the .