Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Judges:
Chapter 12
1. AND
the men of E-phra-im gathered themselves together, and went northward,
and said unto Jephthah, 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.
3. And Jephthah 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.
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?
4. Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gil-e-ad, and fought
with E-phra-im: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said,
Ye Gil-e-ad-ites are fugitives of Ephraim among the E-phra-im-ites, and
among the Ma-nas-sites.
5. And the Gil-e-ad-ites took the passages of Jordan before the E-phra-im-ites:
and it was so that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let
me go over; that the men of Gil-e-ad said unto him, Art thou an
Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
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-phra-im-ites forty and two thousand.
7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the
Gil-e-ad-ite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gil-e-ad.
8. And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
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.
10. Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11. And after him Elon, a Ze-bu-lon-ite, judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years.
12. And Elon the Ze-bu-lon-ite died, and was buried in Ai-ja-lon in the
country of Ze-bu-lun.
13. And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pi-ra-thon-ite, judged
Israel.
14. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore
and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15. And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pi-ra-thon-ite died, and was buried
in Pi-ra-thon in the land of E-phra-im, in the mount of the A-mal-ek-ites.
Mar. 31 Daily
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