Judges 12
Overview
12:1 The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites;
12:7 Jephthah dies;
12:8 Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters;
12:11 and Elon;
12:13 and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel. Verse 1 gatheredHeb. were calledWherefore Judges 8:1; 2 Samuel 19:41-43; Psalm 109:4; Ecclesiastes 4:4; John 10:32 we will burn Judges 14:15, 15:6; Proverbs 27:3, 27:4; James 3:16, 4:1, 4:2 Reciprocal Numbers 21:24 - Israel; 2 Samuel 19:43 - the words; 1 Kings 12:13 - answered; Proverbs 13:10 - Only; 17:14 - beginning; 26:4 - General; Mark 3:24 - General Verse 2 I and my Judges 11:12-33 Reciprocal Numbers 21:24 - Israel Verse 3 put Judges 9:17; 1 Samuel 19:5, 28:21; Job 13:14; Psalm 119:109; Romans 16:4; Revelation 12:11 wherefore Judges 11:27; 2 Chronicles 13:12 Reciprocal Proverbs 15:1 - grievous Verse 4 and the men Judges 11:10; Numbers 32:39, 32:40; Deuteronomy 3:12-17 fugitives 1 Samuel 25:10; Nehemiah 4:4; Psalm 78:9; Proverbs 12:13, 15:1 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 18:6 - wood of Ephraim; James 3:6 - the tongue Verse 5 Judges 3:28, 7:24; Joshua 2:7, 22:11 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 1:1 - Ephrathite Verse 6 Say now Matthew 26:73; Mark 14:70 Shibbolethwhich signifieth a stream, or flood, Psalm 69:2, 69:15; Isaiah 27:12 *Heb: Shibboleth also means an ear of corn - Job 24:24
and sibboleth signifies a burden - Exodus 6:6
and a heavy burden they were obliged to bear who could not pronounce this test letter. It is well known that several nations cannot pronounce certain letters. The sound of th cannot be pronounced by the Persians, no more than by some of our Continental neighbours; though it is a common sound among the Arabians. To this day, many of the German Jews cannot articulate ת th, for which they substitute ss; thus for baith, a house, they say baiss. there fell Proverbs 17:14, 18:19; Ecclesiastes 10:12; Matthew 12:25; Galatians 5:15 fortyArbaim ooshenayim aleph, "forty and two thousand." Here the, and, may mean simple addition; and this number may denote 2,040 and not 42,000. At the last census of the Israelites - Numbers 26:37 the whole tribe of Ephraim only amounted to 32,500, compared with which this last number appears far too great.Reciprocal Judges 18:3 - they knew; Isaiah 29:21 - make Verse 7 Reciprocal Judges 10:18 - he shall be; Habakkuk 3:1 - Jephthae Verse 8 Ibzanam 2823, bc 1181, An, Ex, Is, 310, "He seems to have been only a civil judge to do justice in North-east Israel."Bethlehem Genesis 15:19; 1 Samuel 16:1; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1 Reciprocal Ruth 1:1 - the judges; 2:1 - Boaz Verse 9 Judges 12:14, 10:4 Reciprocal 8:30 - threescore; Proverbs 5:16 - dispersed; Jeremiah 29:6 - take wives Verse 11 am Judges 12:11
Verse 12 Aijalon Joshua 19:42; 1 Chronicles 6:69, 8:13 Reciprocal Joshua 10:12 - Ajalon; Judges 1:35 - Aijalon Verse 13 am Judges 12:13
Verse 14 nephewsHeb. sons' sonsrode Judges 5:10, 10:4 Reciprocal 8:30 - threescore; 12:9 - General; 1 Samuel 7:16 - in circuit; 8:1 - sons judges; 2 Kings 10:1 - seventy sons; Matthew 21:5 - sitting; John 12:15 - sitting; 1 Timothy 5:4 - nephews Verse 15 am Pirathonite 2 Samuel 23:30 in the mount Judges 3:13, 3:27, 5:14; Genesis 14:7; Exodus 17:8; 1 Samuel 15:7 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 11:29 - General