Judges 12 Cross References - MKJV

¹ And the men of Ephraim were called together and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire. ² And Jephthah said to them, My people and I were at great strife with the sons of Ammon. And when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands. ³ When I saw that you did not deliver me, I took my life in my hand and passed over against the sons of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand, and why have you come up against me, to fight against me today? ⁴ And Jephthah called up all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites. ⁵ And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan before the Ephraimites. And it happened that when one of those Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And he said, No. ⁶ And they said to him, Please say Shibboleth. And he said, Sibboleth, for he could not manage to pronounce it right. Then they took him and killed him at the passages of Jordan. And there fell at that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites. ⁷ And Jephthah judged Israel six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. ⁸ And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. ⁹ And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he sent 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, the land of Zebulun. ¹³ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. ¹⁴ And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years. ¹⁵ And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

⁷ And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

¹⁹ the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

⁸ Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

³⁹ And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and put out the Amorite who was in it. ⁴⁰ And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.

¹² And this is the land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer by the river Arnon, and half of Mount Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the men of Reuben and of Gad. ¹³ And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. ¹⁴ Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites. And he called them after his own name, Bashan (Towns of Jair) to this day. ¹⁵ And I gave Gilead to Machir. ¹⁶ And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border even to the river Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon, ¹⁷ the plain also, and Jordan, and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, under The Slopes of Pisgah eastward.

⁷ And the men went after them on the way to Jordan, to the fords. And when they who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.

⁴² and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

¹¹ And the sons of Israel heard, Behold, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the sons of Israel.

¹³ And he gathered to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek. And he went forth and struck Israel, and took the city of palm trees.

²⁷ And it happened, when he had come, he blew a ram's horn in the mountain of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he before them. ²⁸ And he said to them, Follow after me. For Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and did not allow a man to pass over.

¹⁰ Speak, you who ride on white asses, you who sit in judgment and walk by the way.

¹⁴ Out of Ephraim there was a root of them against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, with your peoples. Out of Machir came down commanders, and out of Zebulun came they who handle the pen of the writer.

²⁴ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan before them. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves. And they captured the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they rebuked him sharply.

¹⁷ in which my father fought for you and much endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian.

⁴ And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities which are called Havoth-jair to this day in the land of Gilead.

¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Jehovah is witness between us if we do not do so according to your word.

¹² And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you have come against me to fight in my land? ¹³ And the king of the sons of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and to Jordan. Now therefore restore those lands peaceably. ¹⁴ And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁵ And he said to him, So says Jephthah, Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁶ But when they came up from Egypt, Israel walked through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh. ¹⁷ And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I pray you, let me pass through your land. But the king of Edom would not listen. And in the same way they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not. And Israel stayed in Kadesh. ¹⁸ And they went along through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but they did not come within the border of Moab; for Arnon was the border of Moab. ¹⁹ And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon. And Israel said to him, We pray you, let us pass through your land to my place. ²⁰ But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his border. But Sihon gathered all his people together and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. ²¹ And Jehovah, the God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that country. ²² And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan. ²³ So now Jehovah, the God of Israel has put out the Amorites before His people Israel, and should you possess it? ²⁴ Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomever Jehovah our God shall drive out from before us, we will possess them. ²⁵ And now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them ²⁶ when Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities which are along by the borders of Arnon, for three hundred years? Why then did you not deliver them in that time? ²⁷ So I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. Jehovah, the Judge, will judge this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.

²⁷ So I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me. Jehovah, the Judge, will judge this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon. ²⁸ And the king of the sons of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent to him. ²⁹ Then the Spirit of Jehovah came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead passed over to the sons of Ammon. ³⁰ And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand, ³¹ then it shall be that whatever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, surely it shall belong to Jehovah, or I will offer it up instead of a burnt offering. ³² And Jephthah passed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them. And Jehovah delivered them into his hand. ³³ And he struck them from Aroer even until you come to Minnith, twenty cities, and to the meadow of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. So were the sons of Ammon subdued before the sons of Israel.

¹⁴ And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.

¹⁵ And it happened on the seventh day they said to Samson's wife, Lure your husband so that he may tell the riddle to us, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called us to take what we have? Is it not so?

⁶ And the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire. ⁷ And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which is over across from Egypt.

¹ And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.

⁵ For he took his life in his hand and killed the Philistine, and Jehovah worked out a great salvation for all Israel. You saw and rejoiced! Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

¹⁰ And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? The servants who have broken away, each man from his master, have multiplied.

²¹ And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was sorely troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

⁴¹ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? ⁴² And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near to us. Why then are you angry for this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's cost? Or has he given us any gift? ⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we also have more right in David than you. Why then did you despise us, so that our advice should not be sought first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were more fierce than the words of the men of Israel.

³⁰ Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash;

⁶⁹ and Aijalon with its open lands, and Gath-rimmon with its open lands.

¹³ And Beriah and Shema were heads of the fathers of the people of Aijalon, who drove away the people of Gath;

¹² And behold, God Himself is with us as Commander, and His priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against Jehovah, the God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!

⁴ Oh our God, hear, for we are despised. And turn their curse upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity.

¹⁴ Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

² I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

¹⁵ Do not let the flood of waters overflow me, nor let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim, armed shooters of bows, turned back in the day of battle.

⁴ For my love they are my foes; but I am in prayer.

¹⁰⁹ My life is in my hand daily; yet I do not forget Your Law.

¹³ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the just shall come out of trouble.

¹ A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off fighting, before it breaks out.

¹⁹ A brother offended is like a strong city; and their disagreements are like the bars of a fortress.

³ A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. ⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

⁴ Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹² The words of a wise mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him.

¹² And it shall be, in that day Jehovah shall thresh from the stream of the river Euphrates to the torrent of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O sons of Israel.

² And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.

¹ Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

²⁵ And Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

⁷³ And after a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.

⁷⁰ And he denied it again. And a little after, those who stood by said again to Peter, Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech agrees.

³² Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from My Father; for which of these do you stone Me?

⁴ who have laid down their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also the churches of the nations.

¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

¹⁶ For where envying and strife are, there is confusion and every foul deed.

¹ From where do wars and fightings among you come? Is it not from this, from your lusts which war in your members? ² You desire, and do not have. You murder, and are jealous, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you have not because you ask not.

¹¹ And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.