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Geneva Bible

Judges 12:13

And after him Abdon the sonne of Hillel the Pirathonite iudged Israel.

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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
After him Avdon the son of Hillel from Pir‘aton judged Isra'el.
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 Ibzan of Beth-lehem iudged Israel, 9 Who had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters, which he sent out, & tooke in thirtie daughters from abroade for his sonnes. and he iudged Israel seuen yeere. 10 Then Ibzan died, and was buryed at Bethlehem. 11 And after him iudged Israel Elon, a Zebulonite, and he iudged Israel tenne yeere. 12 Then Elon the Zebulonite dyed, and was buryed in Aijalon in the countrey of Zebulun. 13 And after him Abdon the sonne of Hillel the Pirathonite iudged Israel. 14 And he had fourty sonnes and thirtie nephewes that rode on seuentie assecoltes: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres. 15 Then dyed Abdon the sonne of Hillel the Pirathonite, & was buryed in Pirathon, in ye lande of Ephraim, in the Mount of the Amalekites.

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
So Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues. The name of Abrams wife was Sarai, & the name of Nahors wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 12:3
I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:5
Then Abram tooke Sarai his wife, & Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they possessed, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, & they departed, to goe to the land of Canaan: & to the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 12:6
So Abram passed through the land vnto the place of Shechem, and vnto the plaine of Moreh (and the Canaanite was then in ye land)
Genesis 12:8
Afterward remouing thence vnto a moutaine Eastward from Beth-el, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the Westside, & Haai on the East: and there he built an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.
Genesis 12:12
Therefore it will come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say, She is his wife: so will they kill me, but they will keepe thee aliue.
Genesis 12:13
Say, I pray thee, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, & that my life may be preserued by thee.
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.
Genesis 20:5
Said not he vnto me, She is my sister? yea, and she her selfe said, He is my brother: with an vpright minde, and innocent handes haue I done this.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he sayd, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife, least, sayde he, the men of the place shoulde kill me, because of Rebekah: for she was beautifull to the eye.

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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