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Judges 12:5 KJV
Judges · chapter 12 · verse 5
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;Judges 12:5 · King James Version
Judges 12:5 in context
3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EphraimitesʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- GileaditesGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- EphraimiteʼEphrâthîyan Ephrathite or an EphraimiteH673 →
- passagesmaʻăbâra crossing-place (of a river, a fordH4569 →
- escapedpâlîyṭa refugeeH6412 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
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Here Is, I. The unreasonable displeasure of the men of Ephraim against Jephthah, because he had not called them in to his assistance against the Ammonites, that they might share in the triumphs and spoils, Jdg 12:1. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel. Only by that comes contention.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7