The Book of Judges

Jdg 12:1 And the men of E´-phra-im gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jeph´thah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

Jdg 12:2 And Jeph´-thah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

Jdg 12:3 And when I saw that ye 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 ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

Jdg 12:4 Then Jeph´-thah gathered together all the men of Gil´-e-ad, and fought with E´-phra-im: and the men of Gil´-e-ad smote E´-phra-im, because they said, Ye Gil´-e-ad-ites are fugitives of E´-phra-im among the E´-phra-im-ites, and among the Manas´-sites.

Jdg 12:5 And the Gil´-e-ad-ites took the passages of Jordan before the E´-phraim-ites: and it was so, that when those E´-phra-im-ites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gil´-e-ad said unto him, Art thou an E´-phra-im-ite? If he said, Nay;

Jdg 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shib´-bo-leth: and he said Sib´-bo-leth: 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 E´-phraim-ites forty and two thousand.

Jdg 12:7 And Jeph´-thah judged Israel six years. Then died Jeph´-thah the Gil´e-ad-ite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gil´-e-ad.

Jdg 12:8 And after him Ib´-zan of Beth´– le-hem judged Israel.

Jdg 12:9 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.

Jdg 12:10 Then died Ib´-zan, and was buried at Beth´–le-hem.

Jdg 12:11 And after him E´-lon, a Zeb´u-lon-ite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

Jdg 12:12 And E´-lon the Zeb´-u-lon-ite died, and was buried in Ai´-ja-lon in the country of Zeb´-u-lun.

Jdg 12:13 And after him Ab´-don the son of Hil´-lel, a Pir´-a-thon-ite, judged Israel.

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

Jdg 12:15 And Ab´-don the son of Hil´lel the Pir´-a-thon-ite died, and was buried in Pir´-a-thon in the land of E´-phra-im, in the mount of the Am´a-lek-ites.