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And the men[H376] of Ephraim[H669] gathered themselves together[H6817], and went[H5674]northward[H6828], and said[H559] unto Jephthah[H3316], Wherefore passedst thou over[H5674] to fight[H3898] against the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and didst not call[H7121] us to go[H3212] with thee? we will burn[H8313] thine house[H1004] upon thee with fire[H784].
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And Jephthah[H3316]said[H559] unto them, I and my people[H5971]were[H1961] at great[H3966]strife[H376] with the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983]; and when I called[H2199] you, ye delivered[H3467] me not out of their hands[H3027].
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And when I saw[H7200] that ye delivered[H3467] me not, I put[H7760] my life[H5315] in my hands[H3709], and passed over[H5674] against the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and the LORD[H3068]delivered[H5414] them into my hand[H3027]: wherefore then are ye come up[H5927] unto me this day[H3117], to fight[H3898] against me?
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Then Jephthah[H3316] gathered together[H6908] all the men[H582] of Gilead[H1568], and fought[H3898] with Ephraim[H669]: and the men[H582] of Gilead[H1568]smote[H5221]Ephraim[H669], because they said[H559], Ye Gileadites[H1568] are fugitives[H6412] of Ephraim[H669]among[H8432] the Ephraimites[H669], and among[H8432] the Manassites[H4519].
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And the Gileadites[H1568]took[H3920] the passages[H4569] of Jordan[H3383] before the Ephraimites[H669]: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites[H669] which were escaped[H6412]said[H559], Let me go over[H5674]; that the men[H582] of Gilead[H1568]said[H559] unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?[H673] If he said[H559], Nay;
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Then said[H559] they unto him, Say[H559] now Shibboleth[H7641]: and he said[H559]Sibboleth[H5451]: for he could not frame[H3559] to pronounce[H1696] it right[H3559]. Then they took[H270] him, and slew[H7819] him at the passages[H4569] of Jordan[H3383]: and there fell[H5307] at that time[H6256] of the Ephraimites[H669]forty[H705] and two[H8147]thousand[H505].
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And Jephthah[H3316]judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]six[H8337]years[H8141]. Then died[H4191]Jephthah[H3316] the Gileadite[H1569], and was buried[H6912] in one of the cities[H5892] of Gilead[H1568].
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And after[H310] him Ibzan[H78] of Bethlehem[H1035]judged[H8199]Israel[H3478].
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And he had thirty[H7970]sons[H1121], and thirty[H7970]daughters[H1323], whom he sent[H7971]abroad[H2351], and took[H935] in thirty[H7970]daughters[H1323] from abroad[H2351] for his sons[H1121]. And he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]seven[H7651]years[H8141].
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Then died[H4191]Ibzan[H78], and was buried[H6912] at Bethlehem[H1035].
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And after[H310] him Elon[H356], a Zebulonite[H2075], judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]; and he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]ten[H6235]years[H8141].
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And Elon[H356] the Zebulonite[H2075]died[H4191], and was buried[H6912] in Aijalon[H357] in the country[H776] of Zebulun[H2074].
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And after[H310] him Abdon[H5658] the son[H1121] of Hillel[H1985], a Pirathonite[H6553], judged[H8199]Israel[H3478].
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And he had forty[H705]sons[H1121] and thirty[H7970]nephews[H1121], that rode[H7392] on threescore and ten[H7657] ass colts[H5895]: and he judged[H8199]Israel[H3478]eight[H8083]years[H8141].
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And Abdon[H5658] the son[H1121] of Hillel[H1985] the Pirathonite[H6553]died[H4191], and was buried[H6912] in Pirathon[H6552] in the land[H776] of Ephraim[H669], in the mount[H2022] of the Amalekites[H6003].