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CHAPTER XII
_The Ephraimites are incensed against Jephthah, because he did_
_not call them to war against the Ammonites; and threaten his_
_destruction_, 1.
_He vindicates himself_, 2, 3;
and arm...
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Compare the similar complaint of the Ephraimites to Gideon Judges 8:1,
when a civil war was only avoided by Gideon’s wise and patriotic
moderation. The overhearing pride of Ephraim comes out in both
o...
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CHAPTER 12 THE STRIFE--JEPHTHAH'S DEATH--THE OTHER JUDGES
_ 1. The strife and the slaying of the Ephraimites (Judges 12:1)_
2. Jephthah's death (Judges 12:7)
3. Ibzan, Elon and Abdon (Judges 12:8)...
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XII. 1- 6. CIVIL WAR BETWEEN GILEAD AND EPHRAIM. The Ephraimites
hankered after the primacy among the tribes. Their _amour propre_ was
easily offended, their anger quickly enflamed. Instead of praisin...
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CHILDREN. sons....
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_northward_ The wrong direction; so follow marg. TO ZAPHON, a place on
the E. of Jordan near Succoth, Joshua 13:27, and not far from the
river; Jos., _Ant._xiii. 12, 5 (Asophon).
_and didst not call u...
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Judges 12:1-7. _Jephthah's conflict with the men of Ephraim_
A sequel of the Ammonite war. Jephthah had returned to his house
(Judges 11:34), two months at least had passed (Judges 11:39), the
Gilead...
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_Ephraimites Slain by Jephthah Judges 12:1-6_
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went
northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to
fight against the childre...
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_AND THE MEN OF EPHRAIM GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, AND WENT
NORTHWARD, AND SAID UNTO JEPHTHAH, WHEREFORE PASSEDST THOU OVER TO
FIGHT AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND DIDST NOT CALL US TO GO WITH_...
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NORTHWARD] RM 'to Zaphon,' a town near Succoth: cp. Joshua 13:27....
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THE EPHRAIMITES QUARREL WITH JEPHTHAH. HIS DEATH
1-6. Jephthah and Ephraim. Once more the members of the leading tribe
find themselves left out of the victory, and complain: cp. Judges 8:1;
Jephthah...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 12
V1 The men from Ephraim’s *tribe called out their army. And they
went over the river to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, ‘You went to
fight against...
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GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER. — Literally, _were called._ Hence the
Vulg. renders it “a sedition arose in Ephraim.” No doubt the
phrase arose from the circulation of some warlike summons — whether
wat...
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וַ יִּצָּעֵק֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַֽ
יַּעֲבֹ֖ר...
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SHIBBOLETHS
Judges 12:1
WHILE Jephthah and his Gileadites were engaged in the struggle with
Ammon jealous watch was kept over all their movements by the men of
Ephraim. As the head tribe of the house...
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AT THE FORDS OF EPHRAIM
Judges 12:1
In this second war, Jephthah showed the same conciliatory spirit as he
had showed to Ammon. He parleyed sensibly and courteously before he
went into the conflict....
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The men of Ephraim took the same action in the case of Jephthah as
they had done in the case of Gideon. After his victory they complained
that they had not been called to help. It would seem as though...
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Ruth 12:1-15 once again reveals the tragedy pride can lead us into
(compare Joshua 17:14-18 and Ruth 8:1-3). The tribe of Ephraim
approached Jephthah with threats because he had not called them to
bat...
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And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went (a)
northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to
fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call (b) us to g...
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_Sedition. Hebrew, "the men of Ephraim shouted together" to arms. ---
North. Septuagint, "Sephena." The Hebrew may either signify north, or
some city. (Montanus) --- It is probable that Ephraim went t...
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If the Reader recollects the dying benediction of the Patriarch over
the two sons of Joseph, how under the spirit of prophecy Jacob put
Ephraim before Manasseh, he will here trace the fulfillment of i...
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CONTENTS
This chapter is connected with the former. It relates to us the
displeasure of the men of Ephraim against Jephthah, because he called
them not to the battle with Ammon; and the sad consequen...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12.
After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in
the internal struggles which took place between the children of
Israel...
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AND THE MEN OF EPHRAIM GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER,.... Or "cried" r;
got together by a cry or proclamation made: in the Hebrew text it is,
"a man of Ephraim"; not a single man, but a body of men, wh...
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And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went
northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to
fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with
t...
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_The men of Ephraim went northward_ Over Jordan, where Jephthah was,
in the northern part of the land beyond Jordan. _And said_ Through
pride and envy, contending with him as they did before with Gide...
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1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with Iephthah, and discerned by
Shibboleth, are slaine by the Gileadites.
7 Iephthah dieth.
8 Ibzan, who had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters,
11 and Elon,
13 and...
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THE DEFEAT OF THE EPHRAIMITES...
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And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together and went
northward, or, marched Zaphon, a town in the tribe of Gad, on the
eastern side of the Jordan Valley, AND SAID UNTO JEPHTHAH, WHEREFORE
PASS...
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AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION
(vv. 1-7)
The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as
they had before done toward Gideon (tie.8:1-2).When Jephthah had
gained the victory over...
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GATHERED:
_ Heb._ were called...
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1-7 The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with
Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes
contention. It is ill to fasten names of reproach upon persons or
cou...
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JUDGES CHAPTER 12 The Ephraimites wage war against Jephthah; are
smitten by the Gileadites; and being discerned by Shibboleth, are
slain to the number of two and forty thousand, JUDGES 12:1. Jephthah...
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Judges 12:1 men H376 Ephraim H669 together H6817 (H8735) over H5674
(H8799) Zaphon H6828 said H559 ...
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CHAPTER 12. JEPHTHAH AND EPHRAIM FALL OUT.
This chapter relates a quarrel between Jephthah and the Ephraimites,
which was fatal to the latter; the period of Jephthah's judging of
Israel; his death an...
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CONTENTS: Second jealousy of Ephriam.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeptha, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon.
CONCLUSION: Proud men think all the honors wasted that they themselves
did not win. Envy brings serious contentions...
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Judges 12:3. _I put my life in my hands;_ a Hebraism of forcible
import. David twice uses the same phrase. Now, to take the life of a
man who had thus devoted himself, and whom God had honoured, was t...
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_Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon,
and didst not call us to go with thee?_
SHAMS AND FRAUDS
Though these Ephraimites are long since dead and gone, there are many
E...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 12:1 This episode recalls Ephraim’s earlier
challenge to Gideon (Judges 8:1). While Gideon was able to pacify
Ephraim, Jephthah was not, and a civil war erupted. The Ephraimites...
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_THE ARROGANT EPHRAIMITES AND JEPHTHAH—THE JUDGES WITHOUT FAME_
(Judges 12:1.)
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 12:1. GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER.] Not in
a disorderly or tumultuous manner as some would take...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 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 Ra...
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Now, remember the men of Ephraim when Gideon came back having, you
know, gotten the victory and they said, "Why didn't you call us?" Well
here they are again, chapter twelve.
AND the men of Ephraim ga...
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2 Samuel 19:41; Ecclesiastes 4:4; James 3:16; James 4:1; James 4:2;...
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Northward — Over Jordan, where Jephthah was, in the northern part of
the land beyond Jordan. And said — Through pride and envy,
contending with him as they did before with Gideon. Over — Not over
Jord...