Verse 2
Judges 12:2
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And he answered them: I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called you to assist me, and you would not do it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יִפְתָּח֙ אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם אִ֣ישׁ רִ֗יב הָיִ֛יתִי אֲנִ֛י וְ/עַמִּ֥/י וּ/בְנֵֽי עַמּ֖וֹן מְאֹ֑ד וָ/אֶזְעַ֣ק אֶתְ/כֶ֔ם וְ/לֹֽא הוֹשַׁעְתֶּ֥ם אוֹתִ֖/י מִ/יָּדָֽ/ם
English Translation
And Jephthah said to them, "I have had a very serious conflict with my people and the Ammonites, and I called to you, but you did not save me from their hand."
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Chapter 12 Context
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But behold there arose a sedition in Ephraim. And passing towards the north, they said to Jephte: Wh...
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And he answered them: I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon: and I called...
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And when I saw this, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, a...
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Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated...
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And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one...
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They asked him: Say then, Scibboleth, which is interpreted, An ear of corn. But he answered, Sibbole...
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And Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel six years: and he died, and was buried in his city of Galaad.
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After him Abesan of Bethlehem judged Israel:
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He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives...
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And he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
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To him succeeded Ahialon a Zahnlonite: and he judged Israel ten years:
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And he died, and was buried in ZahnIon.
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After him Abdon, the son of Illel, a Pharathonite, judged Israel:
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And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged I...
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And he died, and was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of Amalech.
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