Verse 1
Judges 12:1
New Living Translation
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Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent this message to Jephthah: “Why didn’t you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? We are going to burn down your house with you in it!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּצָּעֵק֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹ֖ר צָפ֑וֹנָ/ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ לְ/יִפְתָּ֜ח מַדּ֣וּעַ עָבַ֣רְתָּ לְ/הִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּ/בְנֵי עַמּ֗וֹן וְ/לָ֨/נוּ֙ לֹ֤א קָרָ֨אתָ֙ לָ/לֶ֣כֶת עִמָּ֔/ךְ בֵּיתְ/ךָ֕ נִשְׂרֹ֥ף עָלֶ֖י/ךָ בָּ/אֵֽשׁ
English Translation
And a man of Ephraim shouted and passed by the north and said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and we were not called to go with you? Our house will burn over you with fire.”
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Chapter 12 Context
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Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent...
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Jephthah replied, “I summoned you at the beginning of the dispute, but you refused to come! You fail...
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So when I realized you weren’t coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the LORD...
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The people of Ephraim responded, “You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and...
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Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tr...
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they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because p...
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Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.
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8
After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
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He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters to marry men outside his clan, and he...
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When he died, he was buried at Bethlehem.
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11
After Ibzan died, Elon from the tribe of Zebulun judged Israel for ten years.
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12
When he died, he was buried at Aijalon in Zebulun.
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13
After Elon died, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
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He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight year...
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When he died, he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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