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Shaphatiym 12

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12:1

The Civil War of Aphrayiym and the Shibboleth Test

And the men of Aphrayiym gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Yiphtah, "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."
12:2
And Yiphtah 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."
12:3
"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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?"
12:4

The Battle at the Fords of Yardan

Then Yiphtah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Aphrayiym: and the men of Gilead smote Aphrayiym, because they said, "Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Aphrayiym among the Aphrayiymites, and among the Manassites."
12:5
And the Gileadites took the passages of Yardan before Aphrayiym: and it was so, that when those Aphrayiymites which were escaped said, "Let me go over"; that the men of Gilead said unto him, "Art thou an Aphrayiymite?" If he said, "Nay;"
12:6

The Acoustic Password

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 Yardan: and there fell at that time of the Aphrayiymites forty and two thousand.
12:7

The Death of Yiphtah

And Yiphtah judged Yashar'al six years. Then died Yiphtah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
12:8

The Administration of Ibzan

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Yashar'al.
12:9
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 Yashar'al seven years.
12:10
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
12:11

The Administration of Elon

And after him Elon, a Zabalunite, judged Yashar'al; and he judged Yashar'al ten years.
12:12
And Elon the Zabalunite died, and was buried in Ayalon in the country of Zabalun.
12:13

The Administration of Abdon

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Yashar'al.
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And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten donkey colts: and he judged Yashar'al eight years.
12:15
And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Aphrayiym, in the mount of the Amalekites.