And the menof Ephraimgathered themselves together, and wentnorthward, and saidunto Jephthah, Whereforepassedst thou overto fightagainst the childrenof Ammon, and didst notcallus to gowiththee? we will burnthine houseuponthee with fire. And Jephthahsaiduntothem, Iand my peoplewereat great strifewith the childrenof Ammon; and when I calledyou, ye deliveredme notout of their hands. And when I sawthatye delivered me not, I putmy lifein my hands, and passed overagainstthe childrenof Ammon, and the LORDdeliveredthem into my hand: whereforethen are ye come upuntome thisday, to fightagainst me? Then Jephthahgathered togetherallthe menof Gilead, and foughtwithEphraim: and the menof GileadsmoteEphraim, becausethey said, YeGileadites are fugitivesof Ephraimamongthe Ephraimites, and amongthe Manassites. And the Gileaditestookthe passagesof Jordanbefore the Ephraimites: and it was so , that whenthose Ephraimiteswhich were escapedsaid, Let me go over; that the menof Gileadsaidunto him, Art thouan Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then saidthey unto him, SaynowShibboleth: and he saidSibboleth: for he could notframeto pronounce it right. Then they tookhim, and slewhim atthe passagesof Jordan: and there fellat thattimeof the Ephraimitesfortyand twothousand. And JephthahjudgedIsraelsixyears. Then diedJephthahthe Gileadite, and was buriedin one of the citiesof Gilead. And afterhim Ibzanof BethlehemjudgedIsrael. And he hadthirtysons, and thirtydaughters, whom he sentabroad, and took inthirtydaughtersfromabroadfor his sons. And he judgedIsraelsevenyears. Then diedIbzan, and was buriedat Bethlehem. And afterhim Elon, a Zebulonite, judgedIsrael; and he judgedIsraeltenyears. And Elonthe Zebulonitedied, and was buriedin Aijalonin the countryof Zebulun. And afterhim Abdonthe sonof Hillel, a Pirathonite, judgedIsrael. And he hadfortysonsand thirtynephews, that rodeonthreescore and tenass colts: and he judgedIsraeleightyears. And Abdonthe sonof Hillelthe Pirathonitedied, and was buriedin Pirathonin the landof Ephraim, in the mountof the Amalekites.