Judges 12:5 KJV

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;

Thou and Ye

  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Ephraimites quarrel with JephthahThe Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is ill to fasten...

Thompson Chains

  • JordanSee the chain from Genesis 32:10 · 15 links

Cross References

  • Judges 3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
  • Joshua 22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
  • Joshua 2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
  • Judges 7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

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Topics

  • Ephraim Defeated by him
  • Israel The Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; they are defeated by Jephthah
  • Jordan Fords of Jordan
  • Judge 9. Jephthah
  • Strife Jephthah and the Ephraimites

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Places

Bible Dictionary

  • JordanHeb. Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south...
  • GileadHill of testimony, (Gen 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan. From its mountainous character it is called “the mount of Gilead”...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And the Gileadites גִּלְעָד gilʿād גִּלְעָד Proper name
  • took וַיִּלְכֹּד wayyilkōd לָכַד Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • the passages אֶת ʾet Object marker מַעְבְּרוֹת maʿbĕrôt מַעֲבָר Noun · feminine plural construct
  • of Jordan הַיַּרְדֵּן hayyardēn יַרְדֵּן Proper name · with the
  • before the Ephraimites לְאֶפְרָיִם lĕʾeprāyim אֶפְרַיִם Proper name · with preposition
  • and it was so, that when those Ephraimites וְהָיָה wĕhāyâ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with and כִּי kî Conjunction אֶפְרַיִם ʾeprayim אֶפְרַיִם Proper name
  • which were escaped פְּלִיטֵי pĕlîṭê פָּלִיט Noun · masculine plural construct
  • said יֹאמְרוּ yōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
  • Let me go over אֶעֱבֹרָה ʾeʿĕbōrâ עָבַר Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
  • that the men לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular אַנְשֵׁי ʾanšê Noun · masculine plural construct אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh
  • of Gilead גִלְעָד gilʿād גִּלְעָד Proper name
  • said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite הַאֶפְרָתִי haʾeprātî אֶפְרָתִי Noun · masculine singular · with the אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular
  • If he said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and לֹא lōʾ Negative

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