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Judges 12:7

Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Jephthah;   Judge;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jephthah;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jephthah;   Judges, book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gilead;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Judges (1);   Levi;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gileadites ;   Jephthah, Jephthae ;   Judges, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jephthah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Israel, History of the People;   Judges, Book of:;   Judges, Period of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jephthah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Hebrew Names Version
Yiftach judged Yisra'el six years. Then died Yiftach the Gil`adite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gil`ad.
King James Version
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Lexham English Bible
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
English Standard Version
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
New Century Version
Jephthah was a judge for Israel for six years. Then Jephthah, the man from Gilead, died and was buried in a town in Gilead.
New English Translation
Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
Amplified Bible
Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible
Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iphtah iudged Israel sixe yeere: then dyed Iphtah the Gileadite, and was buryed in one of the cities of Gilead.
Legacy Standard Bible
En Jefta het Israel ses jaar lank gerig; en Jefta, die Gileadiet, het gesterwe en is begrawe in een van die stede van Gílead.
Contemporary English Version
Jephthah was a leader of Israel for six years, before he died and was buried in his hometown Mizpah in Gilead.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yiftach judged Isra'el for six years. Then Yiftach from Gil‘ad died, and he was buried in one of the cities of Gil‘ad.
Darby Translation
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jephthah was a judge for the Israelites for six years. Then Jephthah from Gilead died and was buried in his town in Gilead.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
Good News Translation
Jephthah led Israel for six years. Then he died and was buried in his hometown in Gilead.
Literal Translation
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iephthae iudged Israel sixe yeares. And Iephthae ye Gileadite dyed, & was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
American Standard Version
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Bible in Basic English
Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iephthah iudged Israel six yeres, then died Iephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] ye cities of Gilead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
King James Version (1611)
And Iephthah iudged Israel sixe yeeres: then died Iephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jephthae judged Israel six years; and Jephthae the Galaadite died, and was buried in his city Galaad.
English Revised Version
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so Jepte, `a man of Galaad, demyde Israel sixe yeer; and he `was deed, and biried in his citee Galaad.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
Update Bible Version
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in his city, in Zepheh of Gilead.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jephthah judged Israel six years: then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
World English Bible
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
New King James Version
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried among the cities of Gilead.
New Living Translation
Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.
New Life Bible
Jephthah ruled Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died. He was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
New Revised Standard
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his town in Gilead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when Jephthah had judged Israel six years, then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jephte, the Galaadite, judged Israel six years: and he died, and was buried in his city of Galaad.
Revised Standard Version
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city in Gilead.
THE MESSAGE
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city, Mizpah of Gilead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Contextual Overview

1Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!" 2But Jephthah replied, "My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not deliver me out of their hands. 3When I saw that you would not deliver me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?" 4Then Jephthah gathered all of the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh." 5The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, "Let me cross over," the Gileadites would ask him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he answered, "No," 6they told him, "Please say Shibboleth." If he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed. 7Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Judges 10:18 - he shall be Hebrews 11:32 - Jephthae

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. Taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 12:8
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
Genesis 12:12
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will allow you to live.
Genesis 13:4
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:15
For all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land-from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates-
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jephthah judged Israel six years,.... After the affair of the Ephraimites, he was acknowledged by all Israel as their judge and supreme governor, but did not live long; being perhaps depressed and worn away with grief, on account of his daughter, and other troubles that attended him:

then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead: it is not said in what city he was buried, but very probably it was in his own city Mizpeh, where he dwelt. Josephus w says it was in his own country, Sebee, a city of Gilead.

w Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 12.


 
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