then they would say to him, “Say now, ‘Shibboleth.’” But he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not [a]pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,000 of Ephraim.

Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 12:6 Lit speak so