Judges 12:8

Ibzan, Elon and Abdon

8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

Judges 12:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 Ibzan, who was from Bethlehem, judged Israel after Jephthah
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.

Judges 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 12:8

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
] There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, ( Joshua 19:15 ) of which some think this man was; and another in the tribe of Judah, the city of Jesse and David, and of the Messiah; and Josephus says F24, Ibzan was of the tribe of Judah, of the city of Bethlehem; and because Boaz was of the same place, and lived in the times of the judges, the Jewish Rabbins F25 are of opinion that he is the same with Ibzan; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 13.
F25 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 1.

Judges 12:8 In-Context

6 they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’ ” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
7 Jephthah led Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in a town in Gilead.
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.
9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.
10 Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 35:19
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