And after him Abdon the son of Hillell, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. ] So called from Pirathon, where he was born, and which was in the tribe of Ephraim, as appears from ( Judges 12:15 ) .
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Whose successor was Elon of Zebulun; and he deemed Israel ten years;
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and he was dead, and buried in Zebulun. (and then he died, and was buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.)
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After him Abdon, the son of Hillel, of Pirathon, deemed Israel;
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the which Abdon had forty sons, and of them were thirty sons, going upon seventy colts of she-asses, and Abdon deemed Israel eight years; (and Abdon had forty sons, who in turn had thirty sons, and they all went upon seventy colts of female donkeys; and Abdon judged, or ruled, Israel for eight years;)
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and (then) he died, and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill (country) of Amalek.