40FROM DAYS DAYS TOWARDS THEY GO [THE] DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL TO RECOUNT FOR [THE] DAUGHTER OF JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE FOUR DAYS IN THE YEAR 40that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
1AND IT WAS SUMMONED [THE] MAN OF EPHRAIM AND IT PASSED OVER ZAPHON TOWARDS AND THEY SAID TO JEPHTHAH WHY? DID YOU PASS OVER TO WAGE WAR AGAINST [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON AND <TO> <THE> US NOT YOU SUMMONED TO GO WITH YOU HOUSE YOUR WE WILL BURN OVER YOU WITH <THE> FIRE Jephthah Defeats Ephraim 1Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
2AND HE SAID JEPHTHAH TO THEM A MAN OF STRIFE I WAS I AND PEOPLE MY AND [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON EXCEEDINGLY AND I SUMMONED <OBJ.> YOU AND NOT YOU DELIVERED <OBJ.> ME FROM HAND THEIR 2But Jephthah replied “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
3AND I SAW THAT NOT YOU [WERE] A DELIVERER AND I PUT! LIFE MY IN PALM MY AND I PASSED OVER! AGAINST [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON AND HE GAVE THEM YAHWEH IN HAND MY AND <TO> WHY? HAVE YOU COME UP AGAINST ME THE DAY <THE> THIS TO FIGHT AGAINST <THE> ME 3When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
4AND HE GATHERED JEPHTHAH <OBJ.> ALL [THE] MEN OF GILEAD AND HE FOUGHT WITH EPHRAIM AND THEY ATTACKED [THE] MEN OF GILEAD <OBJ.> EPHRAIM FOR THEY HAD SAID [ARE] FUGITIVES OF EPHRAIM YOU O GILEAD IN [THE] MIDST OF EPHRAIM IN [THE] MIDST OF MANASSEH 4Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5AND IT CAPTURED GILEAD <OBJ.> [THE] FORDS OF THE JORDAN TO EPHRAIM AND IT WAS THAT THEY SAID [THE] FUGITIVES OF EPHRAIM LET ME PASS OVER AND THEY SAID TO <THE> HIM [THE] MEN OF GILEAD ¿ AN EPHRATHITE [ARE] YOU AND HE SAID NO 5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
6AND THEY SAID TO <THE> HIM SAY PLEASE SHIBBOLETH AND HE SAID SIBBOLETH AND NOT HE GAVE ATTENTION TO SPEAK RIGHT AND THEY SEIZED <OBJ.> HIM AND THEY SLAUGHTERED HIM TO [THE] FORDS OF THE JORDAN AND IT FELL AT THE TIME <THE> THAT OF EPHRAIM FORTY AND TWO THOUSAND 6they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000. Ephraimites were killed.
7AND HE JUDGED JEPHTHAH <OBJ.> ISRAEL SIX YEARS AND HE DIED JEPHTHAH THE GILEADITE AND HE WAS BURIED IN [THE] CITIES OF GILEAD 7Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.*NoteCloseLXX in his city in Gilead
8AND HE JUDGED AFTER HIM <OBJ.> ISRAEL IBZAN FROM BETH- -LEHEM Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon 8After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9AND IT BELONGED TO <THE> HIM THIRTY SONS AND THIRTY DAUGHTERS HE SENT AWAY THE OUTSIDE TOWARDS AND THIRTY DAUGHTERS HE BROUGHT FOR SONS HIS FROM THE OUTSIDE AND HE JUDGED <OBJ.> ISRAEL SEVEN YEARS 9He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
10AND HE DIED IBZAN AND HE WAS BURIED IN BETH- -LEHEM 10Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11AND HE JUDGED AFTER HIM <OBJ.> ISRAEL ELON THE ZEBULUNITE AND HE JUDGED <OBJ.> ISRAEL TEN YEARS 11After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
12AND HE DIED ELON THE ZEBULUNITE AND HE WAS BURIED IN AIJALON IN [THE] LAND OF ZEBULUN 12Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13AND HE JUDGED AFTER HIM <OBJ.> ISRAEL ABDON [THE] SON OF HILLEL THE PIRATHONITE 13After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
14AND IT BELONGED TO <THE> HIM FORTY SONS AND THIRTY SONS OF SONS [WHO] RODE ON SEVENTY DONKEYS AND HE JUDGED <OBJ.> ISRAEL EIGHT YEARS 14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
15AND HE DIED ABDON [THE] SON OF HILLEL THE PIRATHONITE AND HE WAS BURIED AT PIRATHON IN [THE] LAND OF EPHRAIM IN [THE] HILL COUNTRY OF THE AMALEKITE[S] 15Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.