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they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth”, and he said, “Sibboleth”, for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at (A)the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell.

Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.[a]

Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon

After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 12:7 Septuagint; Hebrew in the cities of Gilead