Judges 12:5
The Scripture
(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;
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In this chapter the Israelites grumble against their judges and ask for a king, which leads to the death of the prophet Samuel. The people then pursue and kill the judge Gideon, who is taken to Shechem, showing the danger of rebellion and the loss of divine protection.
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