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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7533"\w* under \w their|strong="H3605"\w* yoke; \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w were|strong="H0834"\w* cruelly \w crushed|strong="H7533"\w* down.


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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w went|strong="H1004"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* make war \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* trouble.


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w crying|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Great|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w given|strong="H5647"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Zidonians \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Midian crushing \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w down|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* answer \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0413"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* did \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3467"\w* give \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3467"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H0413"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*?


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w*, \w for|strong="H3651"\w* all \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w given|strong="H5647"\w* \w me|strong="H3254"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* saviour \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* sinners; \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*: \w only|strong="H0389"\w* \w give|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* salvation \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H5493"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* became \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Lord's \w servants|strong="H5647"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* angry because \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* sorrows \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* war; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* loose \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* Gilead's \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H0802"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w away|strong="H1644"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w part|strong="H0859"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* heritage \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* father's \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w flight|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w*, \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* number \w of|strong="H0776"\w* good-for-nothing \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w joining|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* undertakings.


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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w Come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \w chief|strong="H7101"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* we \w may|strong="H1961"\w* make war \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*: \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* war \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*?


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\w And|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gileadites|strong="H1568"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* crossing-places \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w against|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*; \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* flight \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w*; \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w Are|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ephraimite|strong="H0673"\w*? \w And|strong="H0376"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w No|strong="H3808"\w*;


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\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* Shibboleth; \w and|strong="H0669"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Sibboleth|strong="H5451"\w*, \w and|strong="H0669"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w right|strong="H3559"\w* \w way|strong="H3651"\w*; \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0669"\w* \w put|strong="H3559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* death \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* crossing-places \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*; \w and|strong="H0669"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* \w were|strong="H0669"\w* \w put|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* death.


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\w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* whom \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* other places, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* got \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* wives \w from|strong="H4480"\w* other places \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ibzan|strong="H0078"\w* came \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H4191"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* was \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* rest \w at|strong="H4191"\w* Beth-lehem.


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\w And|strong="H0776"\w* Elon \w the|strong="H0776"\w* Zebulonite came \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H4191"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* rest \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0776"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*.


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\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hillel|strong="H1985"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w*, \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Now \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H0559"\w* waiting secretly \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w*; \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. \w And|strong="H6430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cords|strong="H6616"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w broken|strong="H5423"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* twist \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w thread|strong="H6616"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w broken|strong="H5423"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* touched \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w flame|strong="H0784"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* secret \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* come \w to|strong="H0413"\w* light.


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\w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w she|strong="H0518"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* oath, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H0518"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w note|strong="H2142"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H0519"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* turning \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w keeping|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w mind|strong="H2142"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* man-child, \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hair|strong="H7218"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* cut.


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