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== The Ephraimite War ==

== The Ephraimite War ==

Sadly, the [[Ephraim (tribe)|Ephraimites]] now started a civil war. They accused Jephthah of going to war without including them. Jephthah replied that, to the contrary, he had asked for their help and they had refused. Jephthah then fought with the Ephraimites and won easily. The Gileadites captured the fords of the [[Jordan River]], and whenever any Ephraimite wanted to cross, they challenged them to say the word ''Shibboleth'' ([[Hebrew]] '''שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת'''), but the Ephramites would pronounce it ''Sibboleth'' ('''סִבֹּ֗לֶת''') instead, and the Gileadites would kill him. The Ephraimites ultimately lost 42,000 in that war. ({{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=12|verses=1-6}}) Today a ''shibboleth'' is a particular word, phrase, or language convention used to distinguish a certain group, or a catch-word or catch-phrase used by adherents of a party, sect, or creed, of which the opponents say that it has lost any real meaning that it might once have held.<ref name=dict>"shibboleth." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008. Merriam-Webster Online. Accessed December 19, 2008 <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shibboleth></ref> (Both ''Shibboleth'' and ''Sibboleth'' mean an ear of grain, but ''Shibboleth'' can also mean a stream.)

Sadly, the [[Ephraim (tribe)|Ephraimites]] now started a civil war. They accused Jephthah of going to war without including them. Jephthah replied that, to the contrary, he had asked for their help and they had refused. Jephthah then fought with the Ephraimites and won easily. The Gileadites captured the fords of the [[Jordan River]], and whenever any Ephraimite wanted to cross, they challenged them to say the word ''Shibboleth'' ([[Hebrew]] '''שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת'''), but the Ephraimites would pronounce it ''Sibboleth'' ('''סִבֹּ֗לֶת''') instead, and the Gileadites would kill him. The Ephraimites ultimately lost 42,000 in that war. ({{Bible ref|book=Judges|chap=12|verses=1-6}}) Today a ''shibboleth'' is a particular word, phrase, or language convention used to distinguish a certain group, or a catch-word or catch-phrase used by adherents of a party, sect, or creed, of which the opponents say that it has lost any real meaning that it might once have held.<ref name=dict>"shibboleth." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2008. Merriam-Webster Online. Accessed December 19, 2008 <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shibboleth></ref> (Both ''Shibboleth'' and ''Sibboleth'' mean an ear of grain, but ''Shibboleth'' can also mean a stream.)

== Career and death ==

== Career and death ==