# Judges 12

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/judges/12

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. The men of Ephraim rallied and crossed northward, and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross to fight against the sons of Ammon, and not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire.”
2. Jephthah said to them, "I was a man of strife, I and my people, with the sons of Ammon exceedingly, and I cried to you, but you did not save me from their hand."
3. When I saw that you would not save me, I put my life in my hand and crossed to the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why have you come up to me today to fight me?
4. Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim, and the men of Gilead beat Ephraim because they said, "You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh."
5. Gilead seized the fords of the Jordan against Ephraim. Whenever any of the Ephraimite fugitives said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"
6. They said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth,' please." He said, "Sibboleth," because he could not speak it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the Jordan fords. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim fell.
7. Jephthah judged Israel six years. Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
8. After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9. He had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he sent abroad, and he brought thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
10. Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11. After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years.
12. Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13. After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy colts, and he judged Israel eight years.
15. Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

## Nearby chapters

[Judges 11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/judges/11.md)
[Judges 13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/judges/13.md)

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