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Jud 12:1-3.
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Jud 12:1-3.
THE EPHRAIMITES QUARRELLING WITH JEPHTHAH.
1. the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together--Hebrew, "were summoned."
and went northward--After crossing the Jordan, their route from Ephraim was, strictly speaking, in a northeasterly direction, toward Mizpeh.
the men of Ephraim . . . said unto Jephthah, Wherefore . . . didst [thou] not call us?--This is a fresh development of the jealous, rash, and irritable temper of the Ephraimites. The ground of their offense now was their desire of enjoying the credit of patriotism although they had not shared in the glory of victory.
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2. 我呼召你们的时候，你们没有从他们手中救我——耶弗他这坦率的回答表明他们的指控是不实的；他们埋怨未被当作同盟的伙伴来对待，完全没有根据；而他们自夸愿意效力，从一个故意拖延、直到危机过后才出现的人群中说出，实在不合体统。
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2. when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands--The straightforward answer of Jephthah shows that their charge was false; their complaint of not being treated as confederates and allies entirely without foundation; and their boast of a ready contribution of their services came with an ill grace from people who had purposely delayed appearing till the crisis was past.
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3. 我见你们不来救我，我就拼命——这是东方常用的说法，指担起极其危险的任务。耶弗他正是这样做的：他仅凭基列的志愿兵，便迎战亚扪人并将其击溃；耶和华既使他无需其他支派帮助就能得胜，以法莲人又何必恼怒？他们本该因战争未经他们劳苦冒险便告终而欢喜感恩。
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3. when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands--A common form of speech in the East for undertaking a duty of imminent peril. This Jephthah had done, having encountered and routed the Ammonites with the aid of his Gileadite volunteers alone; and since the Lord had enabled him to conquer without requiring assistance from any other tribe, why should the Ephraimites take offense? They ought rather to have been delighted and thankful that the war had terminated without their incurring any labor and danger.
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Jud 12:4-15.
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Jud 12:4-15.
因「示播列」一语被认出，遭基列人击杀。
4-6. 基列人击杀以法莲人，是因以法莲人说，你们基列人在以法莲玛拿西中间，不过是逃民——耶弗他的反驳虽然合情合理、措辞温和，却不仅无济于事，反而引来更恶毒的讥诮：河西玛拿西人和以法莲人都视基列人为败类——是他们同族中的渣滓、弃民。这话正触到一群格外敏感的人。争端立刻爆发。基列人决意惩戒这公开的侮辱，便与他们交锋；击败以法莲人之后，将那些口出恶言却怯懦的来犯者逐出境外。他们随即冲向约旦河的渡口，截杀每一个逃亡者。辨认以法莲人的办法，是让他们念一个因当前所在之地而自然提及的字词。「示播列」意为「溪流」；「西播列」意为「麦穗」。看来河东支派对「示播列」的发音带有方言土腔；以法莲人却无法用他们的发音器官发出此音。
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Jud 12:4-15.
DISCERNED BY THE WORD SIBBOLETH, ARE SLAIN BY THE GILEADITES.
4-6. the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim--The remonstrances of Jephthah, though reasonable and temperate, were not only ineffectual, but followed by insulting sneers that the Gileadites were reckoned both by the western Manassites and Ephraimites as outcasts--the scum and refuse of their common stock. This was addressed to a peculiarly sensitive people. A feud immediately ensued. The Gileadites, determined to chastise this public affront, gave them battle; and having defeated the Ephraimites, they chased their foul-mouthed but cowardly assailants out of the territory. Then rushing to the fords of the Jordan, they intercepted and slew every fugitive. The method adopted for discovering an Ephraimite was by the pronunciation of a word naturally suggested by the place where they stood. Shibboleth, means "a stream"; Sibboleth, "a burden." The Eastern tribe had, it seems, a dialectical provincialism in the sound of Shibboleth; and the Ephraimites could not bring their organs to pronounce it.
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7. 耶弗他死了——治理六年之后，这位大能的勇士离世；他生平中虽有些段落我们难以理解，他却因使徒的权威被列在古教会的伟人之列。其后继任的是一连串次要的士师，所留记载仅关乎他们的家室与境况
[士12:8-15]。
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7. Jephthah died--After a government of six years, this mighty man of valor died; and however difficult it may be for us to understand some passages in his history, he has been ranked by apostolic authority among the worthies of the ancient church. He was followed by a succession of minor judges, of whom the only memorials preserved relate to the number of their families and their state
[Jud 12:8-15].
Jud 12:1-3.
以法莲人与耶弗他争闹。
1. 以法莲人聚集——希伯来文为「被召聚」。
向北行去——过约旦河之后，他们从以法莲出发的路向，严格说来是朝东北方向，往米斯巴去。
以法莲人……对耶弗他说，你为什么……没有召我们？——这是以法莲人嫉妒、急躁易怒性情的又一次显露。他们如今发怒的缘由，是想要分享爱国的荣誉，尽管他们并没有参与胜利的荣耀。