Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jephthah led Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead. New Living Translation Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead. English Standard Version Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead. Berean Standard Bible Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. King James Bible And 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 American Standard Bible Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. NASB 1995 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. NASB 1977 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Legacy Standard Bible And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Amplified Bible Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Christian Standard Bible Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Holman Christian Standard Bible Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he 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. Contemporary English Version Jephthah was a leader of Israel for six years, before he died and was buried in his hometown Mizpah in Gilead. English Revised Version And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah of Gilead died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Good News Translation Jephthah led Israel for six years. Then he died and was buried in his hometown in Gilead. International Standard Version Jephthah governed Israel for six years. Then Jephthah died and was buried somewhere in the cities of Gilead. Majority Standard Bible Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. NET Bible Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead. New Heart English Bible Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his city in 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 Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of Gilead. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Jephthah judged Israel [for] six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dies, and is buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And Jephthah will judge Israel six years: and Jephthah the Gileadite will die, and will be buried in the city of Gilead. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel six years: and he died, and was buried in his city of Galaad. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead. New American Bible Jephthah judged Israel for six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead. New Revised Standard Version Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in his town in Gilead. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Naphthakh judged Israel six years, and Naphthakh the Geladite died, and he was buried in the city of Gelad OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Jephthae judged Israel six years; and Jephthae the Galaadite died, and was buried in his city Galaad. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jephthah Defeats Ephraim…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. Cross References Judges 10:2-3 Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir. / Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. Judges 11:1-3 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father. / And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.” / So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him. Judges 11:32-33 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand. / With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites. Judges 2:16-19 Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. / Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. / Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them. ... Judges 3:9-11 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them. / The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him. / So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died. Judges 4:4-5 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. / And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment. Judges 6:11-12 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites. / And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.” Judges 8:28 In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon, 1 Samuel 12:11 So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely. 2 Samuel 2:8-10 Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim, / and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel. / Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 1 Kings 16:29-30 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years. / However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. 2 Kings 15:8-10 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. / Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place. 1 Chronicles 5:10 During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead. Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, Acts 13:20 All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. Treasury of Scripture And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Jump to Previous Body Buried Cities City Death Died Dieth Israel Jephthah Judge Judged Led Mizpeh Rest SixJump to Next Body Buried Cities City Death Died Dieth Israel Jephthah Judge Judged Led Mizpeh Rest SixJudges 12 1. The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites7. Jephthah dies 8. Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters 11. and Elon 13. and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel Jephthah Jephthah was a judge of Israel, known for his leadership and military prowess. His account is a testament to God's ability to use unlikely individuals for His purposes. Jephthah was the son of a harlot, which initially led to his rejection by his family and community (Judges 11:1-3). However, God raised him up to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites. His life illustrates the theme of redemption and the power of faith, despite personal and societal obstacles. judged Israel six years Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead In one of the cities of Gilead.--The Hebrew only says, "in cities of Gilead." This may, no doubt. mean "one of the cities of Gilead," as in Genesis 19:29 "the cities in the which Lot dwelt" means "in one of which Lot dwelt." But the burial-place of so renowned a hero as Jephthah was not likely to be forgotten, and the reading adopted by the LXX. and Vulg., "in his city, Gilead" (i.e., Ramoth-Gilead or Mizpeh of Gilead), is furnished by a mere change of into The Sebee, in which Josephus says he was buried, may be a corruption of Mizpeh. Verse 7. - Six years. Perhaps his sorrow for his daughter shortened his life. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite. Better, And Jephthah the Gileadite died. In one of the cities. His exact burial-place was perhaps unknown, and therefore the general phrase in the cities of Judah was used, as in Genesis 13:12. Lot is said to have dwelt in the cities of the plain, and in Nehemiah 6:2 San-ballat asked Nehemiah to meet him in the villages of the plain. Still the phrase is not what you would expect here, and it seems unlikely that Jephthah's burial-place should be unknown. The Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "in his city Gilead," as if Gilead had been the name of Jephthah's paternal city. Another conjecture is that there might have been an Ar of Gilead as well as the well-known Ar of Moab, or there might have been a collection of towns called Arey- Gilead (the towns of Gilead), after the analogy of Havoth-jair (Judges 10:4), but there is no evidence in support of these conjectures. CHAPTER 12:8-15 Hebrew Jephthahיִפְתָּ֛ח (yip̄·tāḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3316: Jephthah -- 'He opens', a Gileadite, also a city of Judah judged וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (way·yiš·pōṭ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc six שֵׁ֣שׁ (šêš) Number - feminine singular Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number) years, שָׁנִ֑ים (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year and when he יִפְתָּח֙ (yip̄·tāḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3316: Jephthah -- 'He opens', a Gileadite, also a city of Judah died, וַיָּ֗מָת (way·yā·māṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill he was buried וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (way·yiq·qā·ḇêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6912: To inter in one of the cities בְּעָרֵ֥י (bə·‘ā·rê) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of Gilead. גִלְעָֽד׃ (ḡil·‘āḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites Links Judges 12:7 NIVJudges 12:7 NLT Judges 12:7 ESV Judges 12:7 NASB Judges 12:7 KJV Judges 12:7 BibleApps.com Judges 12:7 Biblia Paralela Judges 12:7 Chinese Bible Judges 12:7 French Bible Judges 12:7 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel six years (Jd Judg. 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