Judges 12:4

Modern English Version

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.”

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years except by my word.”

Nehemiah 4:4

Hear, O our God, that we are despised. Turn their reproach back upon their own head, and give them as spoil in a land of captivity:

Psalm 78:9

The Ephraimites, being armed with bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous will escape from trouble.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Judges 11:10

The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “May the Lord be a witness between us if we do not act according to your word.”

Judges 12:3

When I saw that you were not going to save me, I took my life in my own hands and crossed over to the Ammonites. Then the Lord gave them into my hands. Now why have you come up to me today to wage war against me?”

Judges 12:5

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,”

1 Samuel 25:10

And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today many servants are breaking away each one from his master.