Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
the men of Ephraim assembled
and crossed
the
Jordan
to
Zaphon.
They
said
to Jephthah, “Why
have
you
crossed
over to fight the Ammonites
without
calling
us to go with you
? We will
burn your
house
down
with you
inside!”
And
the men of Ephraim are
called
together,
and pass
over
northward,
and
say
to Jephthah, `Wherefore
has
thou
passed
over to fight against
the Bene-Ammon,
and
on
us hast
not
called
to go with thee
? thy
house
we burn over
thee
with fire.'
But
Jephthah replied
, “
My people and
I
had
a
serious
conflict
with the Ammonites
, and when
I called,
you did
not save
me out of their hands.
And
Jephthah saith
unto
them
, `A
man
of
great
strife
I
have
been
(I
and
my people )
with the Bene-Ammon
, and I call
you ,
and
ye
have
not saved
me out of their hand,
When
I saw
that you
would
not save
me
, I risked
my life and crossed
over to
the Ammonites
, and the
LORD
delivered
them into my hand .
Why then
have you
come today
to fight against me? ”
and
I see
that thou
art
not a
saviour
, and
I put
my life in
my
hand,
and pass
over unto
the Bene-Ammon
, and Jehovah
giveth
them into my hand --
and
why have ye
come up
unto
me
this
day
to fight against me? '
Jephthah then
gathered all the men of Gilead and fought
against
Ephraim .
And the men of Gilead struck
them
down
because the
Ephraimites
had
said, “You
Gileadites
are
fugitives in
Ephraim, living
in the territories
of Ephraim and
Manasseh. ”
And
Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead ,
and fighteth
with
Ephraim ,
and the men of Gilead smite
Ephraim,
because they
said, `
Fugitives of
Ephraim `are'
ye
Gileadites
, in the midst
of Ephraim --
in
the
midst
of
Manasseh. '
The
Gileadites
captured
the fords
of the Jordan leading
to Ephraim, and whenever
a
fugitive
from
Ephraim would
say, “
Let me cross
over, ”
the Gileadites
would
ask
him, “Are
you
an Ephraimite
? ”
If
he answered
, “
No ,”
And
Gilead
captureth
the passages
of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it
hath
been,
when
`any
of'
the
fugitives
of
Ephraim say, `
Let me pass
over, '
and
the men
of
Gilead
say
to
him, `
An Ephramite
thou
? '
and
he saith
, `
No ;'
they told
him, “Please
say Shibboleth .”
If
he said
, “
Sibboleth, ”
because
he
could
not pronounce
it
correctly,
they seized
him and killed
him at the fords
of the Jordan .
So
at that time 42
, 000
Ephraimites
were
killed
.
that
they say
to
him, `
Say ,
I
pray
thee,
Shibboleth ;'
and
he saith
, `
Sibboleth, '
and
is
not prepared
to
speak
right
--
and
they seize
him ,
and slaughter
him at the passages
of the Jordan ,
and
there
fall
at that time, of
Ephraim,
forty
and
two
chiefs
.
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when
he
died
, he
was
buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
And
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah
the
Gileadite
dieth
, and
is
buried in `
one of '
the cities of Gilead.
After Jephthah,
Ibzan of Bethlehem
judged
Israel .
And
after him
Ibzan of Beth-Lehem
judgeth
Israel ,
He had
thirty sons ,
as
well
as
thirty daughters whom
he gave
in marriage
to men
outside
his clan
; and for
his
sons
he brought
back
thirty
wives
from
elsewhere.
Ibzan
judged
Israel seven years.
and
he hath
thirty sons and
thirty daughters ,
he hath
sent
without
and
thirty
daughters
hath
brought
in to his sons
from
without
; and he judgeth
Israel seven years.
Then
Ibzan died
, and he
was
buried in Bethlehem
.
And
Ibzan dieth
, and is
buried in Beth-Lehem
.
After Ibzan,
Elon the Zebulunite judged
Israel ten years .
And
after him
Elon the Zebulunite judgeth
Israel ,
and
he
judgeth
Israel
ten years ,
Then
Elon the Zebulunite died
, and he
was
buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
and
Elon the Zebulunite dieth
, and is
buried in Aijalon ,
in the land of Zebulun.
After Elon
, Abdon son of Hillel, from
Pirathon
, judged
Israel .
And
after him
, Abdon son of Hillel, the
Pirathonite
, judgeth
Israel ,
He had
forty sons and thirty grandsons, who
rode
on seventy donkeys.
And he judged
Israel eight years.
and
he hath
forty sons ,
and thirty grandsons, riding
on seventy ass-colts,
and he judgeth
Israel eight years.
Then
Abdon son of Hillel, from
Pirathon
, died
, and he
was
buried at
Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites
.
And
Abdon son of Hillel, the
Pirathonite
, dieth
, and is
buried in
Pirathon ,
in the
land
of
Ephraim, in the hill -
country of the Amalekite
.
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