Judges 12:14

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,

Judges 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.

Judges 12:14 In-Context

12 Then he died and was buried at Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun.

13 After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel from Pirathon led Israel.

14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,

15 then he died and was buried at Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim in the hill country of the Amalekites.