Richter 12:14

14 Und er hatte vierzig Söhne und dreißig Enkel, die auf siebzig Eseln ritten. Und er richtete Israel acht Jahre.

Richter 12:14 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 12:14

And he had forty sons, and thirty nephews
Or sons' sons, that is, grandsons; so that he lived not only to see his sons married, but his grandchildren grown up to men's estate; since it follows,

that rode on seventy ass colts;
who were either employed by him to ride about on these animals, which in those times were honourable; see ( Judges 5:10 ) to administer justice throughout the nation in their circuits; or rather, not following any trade, or being concerned in husbandry, or feeding cattle, but being men of estates, rode about like gentlemen:

and he judged Israel eight years;
in his time it is said ^F2 the city of Troy was destroyed; so Eusebius ^F3, who calls this judge Labdon, though he elsewhere ^F4 places it in the times of Eli; (See Gill on Judges 12:9).

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Juchasin, ut supra. (fol. 136. 1.)
F3 Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 484.
F4 Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 503.

Richter 12:14 In-Context

12 Und Elon, der Sebuloniter, starb und wurde zu Ajjalon im Lande Sebulon begraben.

13 Und nach ihm richtete Israel Abdon, der Sohn Hillels, der Pirhathoniter.

14 Und er hatte vierzig Söhne und dreißig Enkel, die auf siebzig Eseln ritten. Und er richtete Israel acht Jahre.

15 Und Abdon, der Sohn Hillels, der Pirhathoniter, starb und wurde zu Pirhathon begraben im Lande Ephraim, im Gebirge der Amalekiter.