Verse 3
Judges 12:3
Free Bible Version
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When I realized that you weren't going to help, I took my life in my hands and went to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord made me victorious over them. So why have you come here today to attack me?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָֽ/אֶרְאֶ֞ה כִּֽי אֵינְ/ךָ֣ מוֹשִׁ֗יע וָ/אָשִׂ֨ימָ/ה נַפְשִׁ֤/י בְ/כַפִּ/י֙ וָֽ/אֶעְבְּרָ/ה֙ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַ/יִּתְּנֵ֥/ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּ/יָדִ֑/י וְ/לָ/מָ֞ה עֲלִיתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֛/י הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֖ה לְ/הִלָּ֥חֶם בִּֽ/י
English Translation
And I will see that you are not a savior, and I will place my soul in my hands, and I will pass over to the children of Ammon, and the Lord will deliver them into my hands. And why have you come to me today to fight against me?
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Chapter 12 Context
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Then the Ephraimites were called up and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why di...
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“I was a man with a great fight on my hands,” Jephthah replied. “I and my people were fighting the A...
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3
When I realized that you weren't going to help, I took my life in my hands and went to fight the Amm...
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Jephthah summoned all of the men of Gilead and fought against the Ephraimites. The men of Gilead kil...
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5
The Gileadites took control of the fords over the Jordan River that led to Ephraim's territory, and...
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they would tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he co...
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Jephthah led Israel as judge for six years. Then he died and was buried in one of Gilead's towns.
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8
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel as a judge.
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9
He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He married off his daughters to men of other tribes, and he...
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10
After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel as judge for ten years.
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11
After him, Abdon, son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel as judge.
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12
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode seventy donkeys. He led Israel as judge for eight y...
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Then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amal...
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