Judges 12:7
Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in the towns of Gilead.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iephthae iudged Israel sixe yeares. And Iephthae ye Gileadite dyed, & was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And Iphtah iudged Israel sixe yeere: then dyed Iphtah the Gileadite, and was buryed in one of the cities of Gilead.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And Iephthah iudged Israel six yeres, then died Iephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of ye cities of Gilead.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in `one of' the cities of Gilead.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in `one of' the cities of Gilead.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.
World English Bible (2000)
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
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2Tola judged Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.
3After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel for twenty-two years.
4He had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns, which are called Havvoth-Jair to this day, in the land of Gilead.
5Then Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
- Judg 12:1-66 verses74%
1The men of Ephraim were called together, crossed northward, and said to Jephthah, "Why did you go to fight against the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on top of you in fire!"
2Jephthah replied to them, "I and my people were in a serious struggle with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you did not save me from their hands.
3"When I saw that you would not help, I risked my own life and crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why have you come to fight against me today?"
4Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they had said, "You Gileadites are deserters from Ephraim and Manasseh."
5The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to cross over, they would say, "Let me cross over." The men of Gilead would respond, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No,"
6they would say, "Say 'Shibboleth.'" And if he said 'Sibboleth,' because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand from Ephraim were killed.
- Judg 11:1-1111 verses74%
1Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was his father.
2Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah away, saying, 'You will have no inheritance in our father's house because you are the son of another woman.'
3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob. Men who were worthless gathered around Jephthah and went out with him.
4After some time, the Ammonites made war against Israel.
5When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6They said to Jephthah, 'Come and be our leader so we can fight against the Ammonites.'
7But Jephthah said to them, 'Didn’t you hate me and drive me out of my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?'
8The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is why we have now turned to you. Come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'
9Jephthah answered, 'If you bring me back to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them to me, will I really become your head?'
10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, 'The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.'
11So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their head and commander. Jephthah repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
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- Judg 11:28-325 verses73%
28But the king of the Ammonites would not listen to the message Jephthah sent to him.
29Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and he went on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
30And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: 'If you give the Ammonites into my hands,
31whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.'
32Then Jephthah crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands.
- Judg 12:8-125 verses72%
8After him, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
9He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters outside the family for marriage and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.
10Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel. He judged Israel for ten years.
12Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
- Judg 11:39-402 verses72%
39After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this, it became a custom in Israel
40Each year the daughters of Israel would go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
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9And they buried him within the boundary of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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31Then his brothers and his father's whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah, his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.
- Judg 11:14-152 verses70%
14Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites,
15Jephthah said to him, 'This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.'
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30They buried him in the territory of his inheritance at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
- Judg 12:14-152 verses69%
14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
15Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
- 1 Sam 7:15-162 verses69%
15Samuel continued to judge Israel all the days of his life.
16Each year, Samuel traveled in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
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20Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.