5. And the Gileadites took the passages of the Jordan from Ephraim; and it was such that when any of those of Ephraim who had escaped would say, May I pass? The men of Gilead would ask them, Art thou an Ephrathite? If he said, No;
6. then they would say unto him, Now say Shibboleth. {Heb. a flowing stream}. And he would say Sibboleth; {Heb. an ear of wheat}; for he could not pronounce it the same. Then they would take him and slay him at the passages of the Jordan. And at that time forty-two thousand of those of Ephraim fell.
7. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8. After him Ibzan, of Bethlehem, judged Israel,
9. who had thirty sons and thirty daughters, whom he married abroad and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10. Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.
11. And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years.
12. And Elon, the Zebulonite, died and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13. And after him Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14. And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons that rode on seventy he asses, and he judged Israel eight years.