Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

 Judges 12:1-7

The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head.”

 Jephthah answered, “I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands. When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?

Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.”

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.

Why?

This is a war among Israelites, Ephraimite didn't respect their brother Gileadites, they did not help their people to defeat Ammonites. And said bad words to them.

Ephraimites were killed forty-two thousand men, it is a huge fall to Ephraimites. 

When people of Israelite away from the Lord, there were much chaos and trouble.

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假消息，謠言當我們心中有成見時，很容易造成誤解！

以法蓮不但沒有幫忙還反咬一口。以前大家一致對外，但是以法蓮接觸按兵不動，這次怕受責難，因此先指控別人的錯誤，事情沒有做好，都是別人的問題。

耶弗他打勝仗，要做王。以法蓮自認為大，因此找出兵的藉口，想要消耶弗他的氣勢。耶弗他以服事來得到權柄。以法蓮以為知道真相的人不多，想反咬一口，控告別人來掩飾自己的錯誤。如果大家知道實情，這樣的指控是不會成立的。如果今天我們聽到一些謠言，我們是否跟著搖旗哪喊，還是查明事實。我們要小心。

神的靈降在耶弗他身上，要他服事人。不是用神的恩典坐大自己，想統治別人。神阻擋驕傲的人，如以法蓮人，想做王最後還死了42000人。求幫助我們更謙卑下來！

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How?

God is my way and my shepherd, obey God's command and follow His decree. Nothing can compare with the Lord in the world.