Then said they unto him, Say now [a]Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not so pronounce: then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites two and forty thousand.

And Jephthah judged Israel six years: then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

¶ After him [b]Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 12:6 Which signifieth the fall of waters, or an ear of corn.
  2. Judges 12:8 Some think that this was Boaz the husband of Ruth.

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