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Jephthah's Aftermath: Tribal Bloodshed and Minor Judges
After Jephthah's victory over Ammon, Ephraim's grievance erupts into civil war, Gilead slaughters Ephraimites at the Jordan fords through the shibboleth test, and the chapter closes with brief minor-judge notices that show continuity without covenant renewal.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
13After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
15Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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