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Dommer 12
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Dommer 12
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Jeftas strid med efraimitterne
12 Lederne af Efraims stamme samlede nu deres hær. De krydsede Jordanfloden og kom til Zafon, hvor de gav udtryk for deres vrede mod Jefta. „Hvorfor ønskede du ikke vores hjælp i krigen mod ammonitterne?” spurgte de. „Nu brænder vi dit hus ned, så du omkommer!”
2 „Det har I misforstået,” svarede Jefta. „Jeg sendte bud efter jer, men I ville ikke hjælpe mig, da jeg havde brug for jer. 3 Derfor tog jeg af sted uden jer og satte derved livet på spil. Men Herren hjalp mig til at besejre fjenden. Hvorfor vil I da bekæmpe mig nu?”
4 Men efraimitterne hånede mændene fra Gilead ved at hævde, at de var flygtninge, som ikke havde ret til at bo i det land, der tilhørte Efraim og Manasse.[a] Da blev Jefta vred og samlede Gileads hær, hvorefter han gik til angreb på efraimitterne. 5 Han besatte vadestederne ved Jordanfloden bag den efraimitiske hær og afskar dem således fra at flygte tilbage over floden. Hver gang en af dem forsøgte at komme over, blev han fanget af Jeftas vagtposter.
„Er du efraimit?” spurgte de. Hvis manden svarede nej, 6 gav de ham ordre til at bevise det ved at udtale ordet „shibbolet”. Hvis han kunne udtale det korrekt, gik han fri, men hvis han sagde „sibbolet”, beviste det, at han var efraimit—og så blev han hugget ned. Ved den lejlighed døde 42.000 efraimitter.
7 Jefta var dommer i Israel i seks år. Da han døde, blev han begravet i en af Gileads byer.[b]
Andre dommere efter Jefta
8 Jefta blev efterfulgt som dommer i Israel af Ibsan fra Betlehem. 9 Han havde 30 sønner og 30 døtre. Han bortgiftede sine døtre til mænd udenfor sin slægt, og han lod sine sønner gifte sig med piger fra andre slægter. Ibsan var dommer i Israel i syv år, 10 hvorefter han døde og blev begravet i Betlehem.
11-12 Efter ham fulgte Elon fra Zebulons stamme. Han var dommer i Israel i ti år, hvorefter han døde og blev begravet i Ajjalon i Zebulons land.
13 Så fulgte Abdon, søn af Hillel fra Piraton. 14 Han var dommer i Israel i otte år. Han havde 40 sønner og 30 sønnesønner, der red på 70 æsler. 15 Da han døde, blev han begravet i Piraton i Efraims område i amalekitternes bjergland.
Judges 12
New International Version
Judges 12
New International Version
Jephthah and Ephraim
12 The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon.(A) They said to Jephthah,(B) “Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you?(C) We’re going to burn down your house over your head.”
2 Jephthah answered, “I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands. 3 When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands(D) and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory(E) over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”
4 Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead(F) and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.(G)” 5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan(H) leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,” 6 they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
7 Jephthah led[a] Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead.
Ibzan, Elon and Abdon
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem(I) led Israel. 9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years. 10 Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years. 12 Then Elon died and was buried in Aijalon(J) in the land of Zebulun.
13 After him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon,(K) led Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons,(L) who rode on seventy donkeys.(M) He led Israel eight years. 15 Then Abdon son of Hillel died and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.(N)
Footnotes
- Judges 12:7 Traditionally judged; also in verses 8-14
Judges 12
King James Version
Judges 12
King James Version
12 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, 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 died Ibzan, 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 nephews, that rode on threescore and ten 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.
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