Verse 4
Judges 12:4
GOD'S WORD Translation
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Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ יִפְתָּח֙ אֶת כָּל אַנְשֵׁ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד וַ/יִּלָּ֖חֶם אֶת אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַ/יַּכּוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד אֶת אֶפְרַ֗יִם כִּ֤י אָמְרוּ֙ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם גִּלְעָ֕ד בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ אֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ מְנַשֶּֽׁה
English Translation
And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim, and the men of Gilead struck down the Ephraimites because they said, "You Gileadites are refugees among Ephraim and among Manasseh."
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Chapter 12 Context
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The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did...
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Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I...
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3
When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children o...
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4
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead st...
5
The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. When the fugitives of Ephraim s...
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then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pr...
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Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of...
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8
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
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9
He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought i...
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10
Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
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11
After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
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12
Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
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13
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
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14
He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight ye...
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Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in...
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