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And the men ◦ of Ephraim were summoned and crossed··over northward , and said to Jephthah, Wherefore didst thou cross··over to fight against◦ the sons of Ammon , and didst not call us to go with thee, we will burn··up thy house over thee with fire .
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And Jephthah said to▵ them, I was at strife* exceedingly, I◦ and my people and the sons of Ammon , and I cried unto you, and you saved me not from their hand .
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And I saw that none of thee would save me, and I set my soul in the palm of my hand , and crossed··over to▵ the sons of Ammon , and Jehovah gave them into my hand ; and why have you come··up this day to fight against◦ me?
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And Jephthah brought··together all the men◦ of Gilead and fought with Ephraim ; and the men◦ of Gilead smote Ephraim , because◦ they said , You◦ are the escaped◦ of Ephraim , O Gilead , in the midst of Ephraim , in the midst of Manasseh .
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And Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan to Ephraim ; and it was, that when the escaped◦ of Ephraim said , Let me cross··over, that the men◦ of Gilead said unto him, Art thou◦ an Ephraimite? And if he said , No◦;
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then they said unto him, Say now◦ Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; and he could not prepare to speak thus◦; then they would seize him and slaughter him at▵ the fords of the Jordan : and there fell at this◦ time from Ephraim , forty and two thousand .
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And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died , and was buried in the cities of Gilead .
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And after him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel .
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And he had◦ thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad; and he brought··in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
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And Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem .
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And after him, Elon, a Zebulunite, judged Israel ; and he judged Israel ten years.
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And Elon the Zebulunite died , and was buried in Aijalon , in the land of Zebulun .
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And after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel .
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And he had◦ forty sons, and thirty sons of his sons, riding on seventy donkey ··colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
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And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died , and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim , in the mountain of the Amalekite.