Judg 12 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 4 gathered together 1 the 2 sons 3 of Ephraim], and they came to Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, Why is it that you went to wage war against the sons of Ammon, and [ 3 us 1 you did not 2 call] to go with you? [ 2 your house 1 We will burn] over you with fire.

Judges 12

CHAPTER 12 Jephthah Wars with Ephraim

1 And [⁴gathered together ¹the ²sons ³of Ephraim], and they came to Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, Why is it that you went to wage war against the sons of Ammon, and [³us ¹you did not ²call] to go with you? [²your house ¹We will burn] over you with fire. 2 And Jephthah said to them, [²a man ³pleading ¹I was], and my people, and the sons of Ammon humbled me exceedingly, and I yelled out to you, and you did not deliver me from out of their hand. 3 And I saw that there was no one delivering, and I put my life in my hand, and I passed over to the sons of Ammon, and [²delivered them over ¹the lord] into my hand. And why did you ascend against me in this day to wage war against me? 4 And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and waged war against Ephraim. And [³struck ¹the men ²of Gilead] Ephraim; for [⁴said ¹the ²men coming through safe ³of Ephraim], You are Gilead in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. 5 And Gilead was first to take the ford of the Jordan of Ephraim. And it came to pass when [⁴said ⁵to them ¹the ²ones coming through safe ³of Ephraim], We should pass over indeed! That [⁴said ⁵to them ¹the ²men ³of Gilead], [²not ³of ⁴Ephraim ¹Are you]? And they said, We are not. 6 Then they said to them, Say indeed, Stachys! And if he was not straightly able to speak thus, then they would take hold of them, and slay them at the ford of the Jordan. And they that fell from Ephraim in that time were forty and two thousand. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then [⁴died ¹Jephthah ²the ³Gileadite], and he was entombed in his city Gilead.

Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon Judge Israel

8 And [⁴judged ⁶after ⁷him ⁵Israel ¹Ibzan ²of ³Beth-lehem]. 9 And there were to him thirty sons, and thirty daughters being sent out, and [²thirty ³wives ¹he brought in] for his sons from outside. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 And Ibzan died, and he was entombed in Beth-lehem. 11 And [⁴judged ⁶after ⁷him ⁵Israel ¹Elon ²the ³Zebulunite], and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And [⁴died ¹Elon ²the ³Zebulunite], and was entombed in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. 13 And [⁶judged ⁸after ⁹him ⁷Israel ¹Abdon ²son ³of Hillel ⁴the ⁵Pirathonite]. 14 And there were to him forty sons, and thirty sons of his sons being mounted upon seventy foals. And he judged Israel eight years. 15 And [⁶died ¹Abdon ²the son ³of Hillel ⁴the ⁵Pirathonite], and he was entombed in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountain of Amalek.