12:1 The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites;
12:7 Jephthah dies;
12:8 Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters;
12:11 and Elon;
12:13 and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel. Verse 1gatheredHeb. were calledWhereforeJudges 8:1; 2 Samuel 19:41-43; Psalm 109:4; Ecclesiastes 4:4; John 10:32 we will burnJudges 14:15, 15:6; Proverbs 27:3, 27:4; James 3:16, 4:1, 4:2ReciprocalNumbers 21:24 - Israel; 2 Samuel 19:43 - the words; 1 Kings 12:13 - answered; Proverbs 13:10 - Only; 17:14 - beginning; 26:4 - General; Mark 3:24 - General Verse 2I and myJudges 11:12-33ReciprocalNumbers 21:24 - Israel Verse 3putJudges 9:17; 1 Samuel 19:5, 28:21; Job 13:14; Psalm 119:109; Romans 16:4; Revelation 12:11 whereforeJudges 11:27; 2 Chronicles 13:12ReciprocalProverbs 15:1 - grievous Verse 4and the menJudges 11:10; Numbers 32:39, 32:40; Deuteronomy 3:12-17 fugitives1 Samuel 25:10; Nehemiah 4:4; Psalm 78:9; Proverbs 12:13, 15:1Reciprocal2 Samuel 18:6 - wood of Ephraim; James 3:6 - the tongue Verse 5Judges 3:28, 7:24; Joshua 2:7, 22:11Reciprocal1 Samuel 1:1 - Ephrathite Verse 6Say nowMatthew 26:73; Mark 14:70 Shibbolethwhich signifieth a stream, or flood, Psalm 69:2, 69:15; Isaiah 27:12 *Heb: Shibboleth also means an ear of corn - Job 24:24
and sibboleth signifies a burden - Exodus 6:6
and a heavy burden they were obliged to bear who could not pronounce this test letter. It is well known that several nations cannot pronounce certain letters. The sound of th cannot be pronounced by the Persians, no more than by some of our Continental neighbours; though it is a common sound among the Arabians. To this day, many of the German Jews cannot articulate ת th, for which they substitute ss; thus for baith, a house, they say baiss. there fellProverbs 17:14, 18:19; Ecclesiastes 10:12; Matthew 12:25; Galatians 5:15 fortyArbaim ooshenayim aleph, "forty and two thousand." Here the, and, may mean simple addition; and this number may denote 2,040 and not 42,000. At the last census of the Israelites - Numbers 26:37 the whole tribe of Ephraim only amounted to 32,500, compared with which this last number appears far too great.ReciprocalJudges 18:3 - they knew; Isaiah 29:21 - make Verse 7ReciprocalJudges 10:18 - he shall be; Habakkuk 3:1 - Jephthae Verse 8Ibzanam 2823, bc 1181, An, Ex, Is, 310, "He seems to have been only a civil judge to do justice in North-east Israel."BethlehemGenesis 15:19; 1 Samuel 16:1; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1ReciprocalRuth 1:1 - the judges; 2:1 - Boaz Verse 9Judges 12:14, 10:4Reciprocal8:30 - threescore; Proverbs 5:16 - dispersed; Jeremiah 29:6 - take wives Verse 11 amJudges 12:11

Verse 12AijalonJoshua 19:42; 1 Chronicles 6:69, 8:13ReciprocalJoshua 10:12 - Ajalon; Judges 1:35 - Aijalon Verse 13 amJudges 12:13

Verse 14nephewsHeb. sons' sonsrodeJudges 5:10, 10:4Reciprocal8:30 - threescore; 12:9 - General; 1 Samuel 7:16 - in circuit; 8:1 - sons judges; 2 Kings 10:1 - seventy sons; Matthew 21:5 - sitting; John 12:15 - sitting; 1 Timothy 5:4 - nephews Verse 15 amPirathonite2 Samuel 23:30 in the mountJudges 3:13, 3:27, 5:14; Genesis 14:7; Exodus 17:8; 1 Samuel 15:7ReciprocalDeuteronomy 11:29 - General