Judges · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Judges 12 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the men of Ephraim assembled [themselves], and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthah, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire.
1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”
2 And Jephthah said to them, I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and ye did not save me out of their hand.
2 Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.
3 And I saw that thou wert no helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me?
3 When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”
4 And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, Ye [are] of Gilead in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
5 And Gilead took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them, Let us go over: and the men of Gilead said, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No;”
6 Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.
6 then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years; and Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city Gilead.
7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent forth; and he brought in thirty daughters for his sons from without; and he judged Israel seven years.
9 He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
10 And Ibzan died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
10 Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
11 And after him Elon of Zebulun judged Israel ten years.
11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12 And Elon of Zebulun died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
12 Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
13 After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14 And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
14 He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. 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 Amalek.
15 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abdon
Son of Hillel from Pirathon who judged Israel eight years, had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode seventy donkeys, and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: Judges 12:13; Judges 12:15
Elon
Zebulunite who judged Israel ten years and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
Cited in the guide: Judges 12:11; Judges 12:12
Hillel
Named as the father of the judge Abdon of Pirathon.
Cited in the guide: Judges 12:13; Judges 12:15
Ibzan
Judge from Bethlehem who judged Israel seven years, had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he married outside his clan, and was buried in Bethlehem.
Cited in the guide: Judges 12:8; Judges 12:9; Judges 12:10
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 8:1; John 10:32; James 3:16; James 4:1–2; Judges 14:15
- 2 Judges 11:12–33
- 3 Job 13:14; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Psalm 119:109; 2 Chronicles 13:12
- 4 Proverbs 12:13; 1 Samuel 25:10; Numbers 32:39–40; Nehemiah 4:4; Judges 11:10
- 5 Judges 3:28; Joshua 22:11; Judges 7:24; Joshua 2:7
- 6 Ecclesiastes 10:12; Matthew 12:25; Isaiah 27:12; Psalm 69:2; Proverbs 17:14
- 8 1 Samuel 16:1; Matthew 2:1; Genesis 15:19; Micah 5:2
- 9 Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14
- 12 Joshua 19:42; 1 Chronicles 6:69; 1 Chronicles 8:13
- 14 Judges 5:10; Judges 10:4
- 15 Judges 5:14; 1 Samuel 15:7; Genesis 14:7; Judges 3:27; 2 Samuel 23:30
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