Jephthah Leads Massacre of 42,000 Israelites – Judges – The Brick Bible

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The Ephraimites then mustered, crossed the Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, 'Why did you go fight the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down over your head!'

1 of 10 Judges 12:1

Jephthah said to them, 'My people and I were struggling with the Ammonites and I called to you, but you did not come to save us. So why do you come today to fight me?'

2 of 10 Judges 12:2–3

And Jephthah mustered the men of Gilead and fought the Ephraimites.

3 of 10 Judges 12:4

The Gileadites defeated the Ephraimites and captured the fords of the Jordan.

4 of 10 Judges 12:4–5

Whenever Ephraimite fugitives said, 'Let me cross,' the Gileadites would ask, 'Are you an Ephraimite?'

5 of 10 Judges 12:5

If he said, 'No,' they would say to him, 'All right, say Shibboleth .'

6 of 10 Judges 12:5–6

If he said 'Sibboleth' because he could not pronounce the word correctly...

7 of 10 Judges 12:6

They would seize him and kill him by the fords of the Jordan.

8 of 10 Judges 12:6

42,000 Ephraimites were killed on this occasion.

9 of 10 Judges 12:6

Jephthah was judge in Israel for six years and then he died.

10 of 10 Judges 12:7

Izban, Elon, and Abdon

Izban, Elon, and Abdon