“And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon, and I called you, and you delivered me not out of their hands.”
Judges 12
4 of 15 verses have a reading · Berean Standard Bible
1Then 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!"
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2But 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.
3When 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 when I saw that you daily delivered me not, I put my life in my hands and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand. Wherefore then are you come up against me this day to fight…”
“And when I saw that you delivered me not, I put my life in my hands and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. Wherefore then are you come up to me to say to fight against me?”
4Jephthah 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."
“Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and they fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they said you Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim and among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.”
“Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead mowed Ephraim, because they said, you Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.”
5The 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,"
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6they 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.
“then they would say unto him, say Shibboleth, and he said Shibboleth, for he could not train to pronounce it right. Then they took him and flew him at the passages of Jordan, and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty…”
7Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
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8After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
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9He 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.
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10Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
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11After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
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12Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
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13After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
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14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
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15Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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