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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF JDG 12:1 (B.C. 1143.) The Ephraimites Assail Jephthah and begin a civil war.
But the men of Ephraim assembled, and advanced northward, and demanded of Jephthah, "Why did you proceed to war with the Amonites, and not invite us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire!"
RF JDG 12:2 But Jephthah replied to them; "There was a great contention between myself and the people with me, and the Beni-Amon and I applied to you, but you did not save me from their power.
RF JDG 12:3 When I saw that you would not save, I took my life in my hand, and advanced against the Amonites, and the EVER-LIVING gave them into my power. Then why do you ascend to-day against me to fight with me?"
RF JDG 12:4 (B.C. 1142.) Jephthah defeats Ephraim with great slaughter.
Consequently Jephthah assembled all the army of Gilad and fought the Ephraimites, and the men of Gilad defeated Ephraim. Then the men of Gilad said to themselves; "Ephraim will escape between the Ephraimites and Manassites!"
RF JDG 12:5 so they captured the fords of the Jordan from Ephraim, and when any one of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "I wish to pass over," the men of Gilad replied to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?"
RF JDG 12:6 and if he answered, "No," they replied to him, "Say Shiboleth,'" and he responded, "Siboleth," for he was not able to pronounce it. Then they seized and slew him at the fords the Jordan, so there fell at that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites.
RF JDG 12:7 Jephthah afterwards judged in Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Giladite died and was buried in the City of Gilad.
RF JDG 12:8 (B.C. 1137.) Ibzan becomes a Leader.
After him Ibzan, the Bethlehemite, judged in Israel,
RF JDG 12:9 and he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters sent out, and thirty daughters came in to his sons from without, and he judged Israel seven years.
RF JDG 12:10 Then Ibzan died and they buried him in Bethlehem.
RF JDG 12:11 (B.C. 1130.) Ailan becomes a leader.
Then Ailan the Zebulonite judged in Israel after him, and he judged in Israel ten years.
RF JDG 12:12 Then Ailon the Zebulonite died, and they buried him in the country of Zebulon.
RF JDG 12:13 (B.C. 1120. ) Abdon ben-Hilel becomes a Leader.
But after him Abdon-ben-Hilel the Phirathanite judged in Israel,
RF JDG 12:14 and he had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy asses, and he judged in Israel eight years.
RF JDG 12:15 (B.C. 1112.) Then Abdon-ben-Hilel the Phirathanite died, and they buried him in Phirathan in the country of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
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1 From the death of Gideon in 1426 B.C. to the rise of Saul absolute anarchy seems, from the Historian's narrative, to have existed in all the Hebrew Commonwealth, from the Euphrates on the East to the Mediterranean Sea on the West, only diversified by the ravages of the Arabian and Mesopotamian Robber Chieftains, and the revolt of the aboriginal tribes whom Moses and Joshua had subdued. The JUDGES whose names were selected by Isaiah to serve as landmarks for the chronology of his history were only Hebrew Insurgent Leaders, who ruled by personal influence in small districts of the country around their homes so long as vigour and life lasted. They must not be looked upon as in any sense National Presidents of the Commonwealth of Israel. The Historian is careful to make this clear in his narrative. It is only comparatively modern Translators and Commentators who have obscured the fact by their ignorance. I have tried to clear their obscurities away, and restore the history of Isaiah to the original claritude of the Prophet. At Ch. 13. we step back to 1161, to introduce the history of Samson, whose career began a revival of the Hebrew national spirit.—F. FENTON.




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