{"id":2495,"date":"2017-11-15T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2022-08-29T12:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:46:26","slug":"judges-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/judges-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post follows the Bible reading plan available at <a href=\"http:\/\/oaktreechurch.com\/soap\">oaktreechurch.com\/soap<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter twelve<\/strong> records another sad turn of events in the wake of Israel\u2019s victory over the Ammonites. As they had done with Gideon (chapter eight), the Ephraimites picked a fight with Jephthah, because he had not invited them to join the battle (Judges 12:1-7). He responded that he had requested their help, but they did not come, so he attacked Ammon without them. (Whether this is true is unknown, because the passage did not record it. So Jephthah attacked Ephraim for their insolence and defeated them. Stationing a blockade at the Jordan River pass, Jephthah\u2019s men used the Ephraimites\u2019 inability to pronounce the \u201csh\u201d sound to kill any who tried to escape. Jephthah died after leading Israel for six years.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of this short chapter lists three more judges from various places in Israel but with little detail. <em>\u201cIbzan of Bethlehem\u201d<\/em> had at least sixty children and led Israel for seven years (Judges 12:8-10). <em>\u201cElon the Zebulunite\u201d<\/em> ruled for ten years. Finally, Abdon from Pirathon led for eight years and had a total of seventy sons and grandsons who assisted him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com\/soap. Chapter twelve records another sad turn of events in the wake of Israel\u2019s victory over the Ammonites. As they had done with Gideon (chapter eight), the Ephraimites picked a fight with Jephthah, because he had not invited them to join the battle (Judges 12:1-7). 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