And the people and princes of Gil´e-ad said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gil´e-ad.
then said they unto him, Say now Shib´boleth: and he said Sib´boleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the E´phra-imites forty and two thousand.