JUDGES CHAPTER 12 (12 OF 21)
Scripture: Judges 12:1-15
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Judges Chapter 12 (12 of 21)
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 12
1 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?
Jephthah had to confront the jealousy of Ephraim who did not help him when he called for help at the beginning of the battle with the Ammonites. Why in the world do you want to fight me for, Jephthah asked. This is the same group of people who gave Gideon a hard time when he fought against the Midianites!
There are some people who cannot be satisfied no matter what you do.
They will not get involved with the work of the Lord, but then when the work is done by those whom God empowers to do it, then here comes the complainers, the whiners and the troublemakers.
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.
Ephraim was being defeated by Jephthah.
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 passa ...
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 12
1 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?
Jephthah had to confront the jealousy of Ephraim who did not help him when he called for help at the beginning of the battle with the Ammonites. Why in the world do you want to fight me for, Jephthah asked. This is the same group of people who gave Gideon a hard time when he fought against the Midianites!
There are some people who cannot be satisfied no matter what you do.
They will not get involved with the work of the Lord, but then when the work is done by those whom God empowers to do it, then here comes the complainers, the whiners and the troublemakers.
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.
Ephraim was being defeated by Jephthah.
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 passa ...
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