Judges 12:7

⁷ Jephthah led [1] Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead.

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Other Translations of Judges 12:7

King James Version

⁷ And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

English Standard Version

⁷ Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.Septuagint; Hebrew in the cities of Gilead

The Message

⁷ Jephthah judged Israel six years. Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city, Mizpah of Gilead.

New King James Version

⁷ And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in among the cities of Gilead.

New Living Translation

⁷ Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 12:7

Commentary on Judges 12:1-7

(Read Judges 12:1-7)

The 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 names of reproach upon persons or countries, as is common, especially upon those under outward disadvantages. It often occasions quarrels that prove of ill consequence, as it did here. No contentions are so bitter as those between brethren or rivals for honour. What need we have to watch and pray against evil tempers! May the Lord incline all his people to follow after things which make for peace!