1
And
the
men
of
Ephraim
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.
2
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
4
Then
Jephthah
gathered
together
all
the
men
of
Gilead,
and
fought
with
Ephraim:
and
the
men
of
Gilead
smote
Ephraim,
because
they
said,
Ye
Gileadites
[are]
fugitives
of
Ephraim
among
the
Ephraimites,
[and]
among
the
Manassites.
5
And
the
Gileadites
took
the
passages
of
Jordan
before
the
Ephraimites:
and
it
was
[so],
that
when
those
Ephraimites
which
were
escaped
said,
Let
me
go
over;
that
the
men
of
Gilead
said
unto
him,
[Art]
thou
an
Ephraimite?
If
he
said,
Nay;
6
Then
said
they
unto
him,
Say
now
Shibboleth:
and
he
said
Sibboleth:
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
Ephraimites
forty
and
two
thousand.
7
And
Jephthah
judged
Israel
six
years.
Then
died
Jephthah
the
Gileadite,
and
was
buried
in
[one
of]
the
cities
of
Gilead.
8
And
after
him
Ibzan
of
Bethlehem
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
Bethlehem.
11
And
after
him
Elon,
a
Zebulonite,
judged
Israel;
and
he
judged
Israel
ten
years.
12
And
Elon
the
Zebulonite
died,
and
was
buried
in
Aijalon
in
the
country
of
Zebulun.
13
And
after
him
Abdon
the
son
of
Hillel,
a
Pirathonite,
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
Pirathonite
died,
and
was
buried
in
Pirathon
in
the
land
of
Ephraim,
in
the
mount
of
the
Amalekites.