Judges 12:14
Verse 14 of 15. The 12th of 21 chapters in Judges, in History.
10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
11And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Judges 12:14 in the World English Bible
He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.Read Judges 12:14 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Judges 12:14
This Abdon was famous for the multitude of his offspring (v. 14): he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, all of whom he lived to see grown up, and they rode on seventy ass-colts either as judges and officers or as gentlemen and persons of distinction.
Read Matthew Henry on Judges 12:8–15: Jephthah's Successors. (b. c. 1112.)
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