Judges 12:13

13 After him `Avdon the son of Hillel the Pir`atonite judged Yisra'el.

Judges 12:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 12:13

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 ) .

Judges 12:13 In-Context

11 After him Elon the Zevulonite judged Yisra'el; and he judged Yisra'el ten years.

12 Elon the Zevulonite died, and was buried in Ayalon in the land of Zevulun.

13 After him `Avdon the son of Hillel the Pir`atonite judged Yisra'el.

14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Yisra'el eight years.

15 `Avdon the son of Hillel the Pir`atonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Efrayim, in the hill-country of the `Amaleki.