Judges 12:10-15

10 and (then) he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Whose successor was Elon of Zebulun; and he deemed Israel ten years;
12 and he was dead, and buried in Zebulun. (and then he died, and was buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.)
13 After him Abdon, the son of Hillel, of Pirathon, deemed Israel;
14 the which Abdon had forty sons, and of them were thirty sons, going upon seventy colts of she-asses, and Abdon deemed Israel eight years; (and Abdon had forty sons, who in turn had thirty sons, and they all went upon seventy colts of female donkeys; and Abdon judged, or ruled, Israel for eight years;)
15 and (then) he died, and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill (country) of Amalek.

Judges 12:10-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 12

This chapter relates a quarrel between Jephthah and the Ephraimites, which was fatal to the latter, Jud 12:1-6, the time of Jephthah judging Israel, his death and burial, Jud 12:7 and it briefly makes mention of three more judges of Israel, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon, Jud 11:8-15.

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