4. Then Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim down, for they had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5. Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan River leading to Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive would say, “Let me cross,” the Gileadite men would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”
6. then they would say to him, “Say, ‘Shibboleth’!” Yet he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would grab him and kill him at the Jordan fords. During that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim fell.
7. Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When Jephthah the Gileadite died, he was buried among the cities of Gilead.
8. After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9. He had thirty sons, and he gave thirty daughters in marriage outside his clan; and he brought thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.
10. Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11. After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel. He judged Israel for ten years.
12. Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13. After him, Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
15. Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the Amalekite hill country.