Read Judges 12.1-15. In 12.1-7: War between Ephraim and Gilead. In verses 1-3: The reader does not know which side to believe. No such appeal to Ephraim by Jephthah has been reported. In verse 4; Ephraim insults Gilead as being nothing that Gilead is really only a part of Ephraim and Manasseh. In verse 5: Gilead blocks the way back across the Jordan and uses a difference in local dialect as a password. The phrase fugitives of Ephraim grimly echoes their earlier taunt (v. 4). In verse 7: This information seems to derive frim the list of minor judges (10.1-5; 12.8-15). In verse 8-15: Minor judges: Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon. In verse 12 Elon is remembered as a clan ancestor in Zebulun (Gen 48.14). Comments or Questions..
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