New International Version

Judges 12:6-11 New International Version (NIV)

6. they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

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

8. After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

9. He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.

10. Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

11. After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years.