Judges 12:1, The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites; Judges 12:7, Jephthah dies; Judges 12:8, Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters; Judges 12:11, and Elon; Judges 12:13, and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel.
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Judges 12 — OverviewJudges 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. Jephthah's rencounter with the Ephraimites,
and the blood shed on that unhappy occasion (ver. 1-6), and the
conclusion of Jephthah's life and government, ver. 7. II. A short
account…Judges 12 — OverviewJudges 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates a quarrel between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, which was fatal to the latter, Jud 12:1, the time of Jephthah judging Israel, his death and burial, Jud 12:7 and it briefly makes mention of three…Judges 12:1-7Judges 12:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere 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, v. 1.…Judges 12:1-7Judges 12:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
12:1
Northward, or, otherwise rendered, to Zaphon, a city of the Gadites mentioned in Joshua 13:27 together with Succoth, and thought to be the modern, Amateh on the Wady Rajlb (see Vanderveld's map). It is…Judges 12:1Judges 12:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgegathered: Heb. were called
Wherefore: Judges 8:1; 2 Samuel 19:41-43; Psalms 109:4; Ecclesiastes 4:4; John 10:32
we will burn: Judges 14:15, Judges 15:6; Proverbs 27:3-4; James 3:16, James 4:1-2Judges 12:2Judges 12:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI and my: Judges 11:12-33