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Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh.
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And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
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then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
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And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
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And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
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And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
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And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
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And after him Elon the 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' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.