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Judges 12:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Judges 12:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites fell at that time.
7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his town in Gilead.[a](A)
Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
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- 12.7 Gk: Heb in the towns of Gilead
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