1And the man (ish) of Ephraim was called together, and passed over northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire."
2And Jephthah said to them, "I was a man (ish) of strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon greatly; and I cried out to you, but you did not save (yasha) me out of their hand.
3And I saw that you were not a savior (yasha), and I put my soul (nephesh) in my palm, and passed over to the children of Ammon, and YHWH gave them into my hand; and why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"
4And Jephthah gathered all the men (ish) of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men (ish) of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, Gilead is in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh."
5And Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan toward Ephraim; and it was so, when the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me pass over," that the men (ish) of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" And he said, "No."
6Then they said to him, "Say now, Shibboleth"; and he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not prepare to speak it so; then they seized him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
8And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons; and he judged Israel seven years.
10And Ibzan died, and was buried in Beth-lehem.
11And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, riding on seventy ass colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekite.