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Judges 12:8
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Ibzan, who was from Bethlehem, judged Israel after Jephthah
After him 'Ivtzan of Beit-Lechem judged Yisra'el.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
After him Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem was a judge for Israel.
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him.
After him Ibzan of Beth-lehem iudged Israel,
En ná hom het Ebsan, uit Betlehem, Israel gerig.
Ibzan, the next leader of Israel, came from Bethlehem.
After him Ibtzan of Beit-Lechem judged Isra'el.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
After him iudged Israel one Ebzan of Bethleem,
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.
After this man, iudged Israel one Ibzan of Bethlehem.
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem iudged Israel.
And after him Abaissan of Bethleem judged Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Abethsan of Bethleem, that hadde thretti sones, and so many douytris, demyde Israel aftir Jepte;
And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel,
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
After him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
Ibzan of Bethlehem ruled Israel after him.
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
And there judged Israel, after him, Ibzan of Bethlehem.
After him Abesan of Bethlehem judged Israel:
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters in marriage outside his clan and brought in thirty daughters-in-law from the outside for his sons.
Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ibzan: am 2823, bc 1181, An, Ex, Is, 310, "He seems to have been only a civil judge to do justice in North-east Israel."
Bethlehem: Genesis 15:19, 1 Samuel 16:1, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1
Reciprocal: Ruth 1:1 - the judges Ruth 2:1 - Boaz
Cross-References
Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
When the Egyptian men see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.' Then they will kill me and keep you alive because they want you.
So when Abram went into Egypt, the Egyptian men saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.
Even some of Pharaoh's officials noticed her and told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So they took her to Pharaoh's house.
Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai's brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and men and women servants.
This was where Abram had built an altar earlier. So he worshiped the Lord there.
Abraham planted a special tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord , the God who lives forever.
The name of that place was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.
We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to the God who has always helped me during times of trouble. He has been with me wherever I have gone."
After they defeated Jericho, Joshua sent some men to Ai. Ai was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He told them, "Go to Ai and look for weaknesses in that area." So the men went to spy on that land.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 x, 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 y are of opinion that he is the same with Ibzan; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom.
x Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 13. y T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ibzan of Bethlehem - Some have fancied him the same as Boaz Ruth 2:1 of Bethlehem-Judah. Others, from the juxtaposition of Elon the Zebulonite Judges 12:11, understand Bethlehem in the tribe of Zebulon Joshua 19:15.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 12:8. And after him Ibzan — It appears that during the administration of Jephthah, six years - Ibzan, seven years - Elon, ten years - and Abdon, eight years, (in the whole thirty-one years,) the Israelites had peace in all their borders; and we shall find by the following chapter that in this time of rest they corrupted themselves, and were afterwards delivered into the power of the Philistines.
1. WE find that Ibzan had a numerous family, sixty children; and Abdon had forty sons and thirty grandsons; and that they lived splendidly, which is here expressed by their riding on seventy young asses; what we would express by they all kept their carriages; for the riding on fine asses in those days was not less dignified than riding in coaches in ours.
2. It does not appear that any thing particular took place in the civil state of the Israelites during the time of these latter judges; nothing is said concerning their administration, whether it was good or bad; nor is any thing mentioned of the state of religion. It is likely that they enjoyed peace without, and their judges were capable of preventing discord and sedition within. Yet, doubtless, God was at work among them, though there were none to record the operations either of his hand or his Spirit; but the people who feared him no doubt bore testimony to the word of his grace.
