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).