Judges 12:4

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Summary

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.

And the men

Judges 11:10

Numbers 32:39

Deuteronomy 3:12

Fugitives

Proverbs 15:1

General references

Proverbs 26:4

Mark 3:24

Bible References

And the men

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah - Yahweh himself, will be hearkening between us, if, according to thy word, so, we do not.

Then went the sons of Machir son of Manasseh to Gilead, and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein,

And this land, took we in possession at that time, - from Aroer which is by the ravine of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites;

Fugitives

Then Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays, many are the servants that have broken away, every one from the presence of his lord:

Hear, O our God, for we have become a contempt, and turn thou back their reproach upon their own head, - and give them up as a prey, in the land of captivity;

The sons of Ephraim - armed bowmen, Turned in the day of battle;

By the transgression of the lips, is the wicked man, ensnared, but the righteous, cometh out of distress.

A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

General references

Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;

And, if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;