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Complete Jewish Bible

Judges 12:13

After him Avdon the son of Hillel from Pir‘aton judged Isra'el.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abdon;   Hillel;   Israel;   Judge;   Pirathon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Judges of Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;   Judges, Extraordinary;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shibboleth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judges, book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Burial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abdon;   Bedan;   Hillel;   Pirathonite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abdon (1);   Bedan;   Hillel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abdon;   Bedan;   Court Systems;   Hillel;   Judges, Book of;   Pirathon, Pirathonite;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abdon;   Hillel;   Israel;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Pirathon, Pirathonite;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abdon ;   Hillel ;   Pirathonite ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pirathon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abdon;   Jephthah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ab'don;   Hil'lel;   Pir'athon;   Pir'athonite,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abdon (1);   Benaiah;   Chronology of the Old Testament;   Hillel;   Israel, History of the People;   Judges, Book of:;   Judges, Period of;   Pirathon;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abdon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bedan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, who was from Pirathon, judged Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
After him `Avdon the son of Hillel the Pir`atonite judged Yisra'el.
King James Version
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Lexham English Bible
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
English Standard Version
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
New Century Version
After Elon died, Abdon son of Hillel from the city of Pirathon was a judge for Israel.
New English Translation
After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel.
Amplified Bible
Now after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
New American Standard Bible
Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after him Abdon the sonne of Hillel the Pirathonite iudged Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
Contemporary English Version
Abdon the son of Hillel was the next leader of Israel. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, and each one of them had his own donkey. Abdon was a leader for eight years, before he died and was buried in his hometown of Pirathon, which is located in the part of the hill country of Ephraim where Amalekites used to live.
Darby Translation
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
After Elon died, a man named Abdon son of Hillel was a judge for the Israelites. Abdon was from the city of Pirathon.
George Lamsa Translation
And after him Acran the son of Hillian, the Aprathonite, judged Israel.
Good News Translation
After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel from Pirathon led Israel.
Literal Translation
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After him iudged Israel one Abdo a sonne of Hillel, a Pirgathonite
American Standard Version
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, was judge of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After him, Abdon the sonne of Hellel, a Pharathonite, iudged Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
King James Version (1611)
And after him, Abdon, the sonne of Hillel a Pirathonite iudged Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after him Abdon the son of Ellel, the Pharathonite, judged Israel.
English Revised Version
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aftir hym Abdon, the sone of Ellel, of Pharaton, demyde Israel;
Young's Literal Translation
And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel,
Update Bible Version
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
World English Bible
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
New King James Version
After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
New Living Translation
After Elon died, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
New Life Bible
Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite ruled Israel after him.
New Revised Standard
After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there judged Israel, after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite.
Douay-Rheims Bible
After him, Abdon, the son of Illel, a Pharathonite, judged Israel:
Revised Standard Version
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pira'thonite judged Israel.
THE MESSAGE
After him, Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel eight years. Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the Amalekite hill country.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.

Contextual Overview

8 After him Ibtzan of Beit-Lechem judged Isra'el. 9 He had thirty sons, and he had thirty daughters whom he sent abroad; he brought thirty women from abroad in to marry his sons. He judged Isra'el for seven years. 10 Then Ibtzan died and was buried at Beit-Lechem. 11 After him Elon from Z'vulun judged Isra'el; he judged Isra'el for ten years. 12 Then Elon from Z'vulun died and was buried at Ayalon, in the territory of Z'vulun. 13 After him Avdon the son of Hillel from Pir‘aton judged Isra'el. 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Isra'el for eight years. 15 Then Avdon the son of Hillel from Pir‘aton died and was buried at Pir‘aton in the territory of Efrayim, in the ‘Amalek hills.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2840, bc 1164, An, Ex, Is, 327, "A civil judge also in North-east Israel." Judges 12:13

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
(Maftir) Then Avram and Nachor took wives for themselves. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife was Milkah the daughter of Haran. He was the father of Milkah and of Yiskah.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
Genesis 12:5
Avram took his wife Sarai, his brother's son Lot, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, as well as the people they had acquired in Haran; then they set out for the land of Kena‘an and entered the land of Kena‘an.
Genesis 12:6
Avram passed through the land to the place called Sh'khem, to the oak of Moreh. The Kena‘ani were then in the land.
Genesis 12:8
He left that place, went to the hill east of Beit-El and pitched his tent. With Beit-El to the west and ‘Ai to the east, he built an altar there and called on the name of Adonai .
Genesis 12:12
so that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife,' and kill me but keep you alive.
Genesis 12:13
Please say that you are my sister, so that it will go well with me for your sake, and so that I will stay alive because of you."
Genesis 20:2
Avraham was saying of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister"; so Avimelekh king of G'rar sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:5
Didn't he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister'? And even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.' In doing this, my heart has been pure and my hands innocent."
Genesis 26:7
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and out of fear he said, "She is my sister." He thought, "If I tell them she's my wife, they might kill me in order to take Rivkah. After all, she is a beautiful woman."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A Pirathonite - He was, therefore, an Ephraimite 1 Chronicles 27:14. Its name still lingers in “Feratah,” 6 miles west of Shechem. The 25 years, apparently consecutive, occupied by the judgeship of Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon, seem to have been very uneventful and prosperous, since the only record of them, preserved in the annals of their country, relates to the flourishing families and peaceful magnificence of two of the number.


 
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