then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he couldn`t manage to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth - This is a curious instance of dialectal difference of pronunciation between the East and West Jordanic…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Say now Shibboleth. —The word means “ford” (Psalms 69:2); “depth of waters” (Judges 12:15); “wate…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then said they unto him, say now "Shibboleth"
Which signifies a stream or course of water, at which they now were; a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is wro…

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