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Judges 12:14 KJV
Judges · chapter 12 · verse 14
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.Judges 12:14 · King James Version
Judges 12:14 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- judgedshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- fortyʼarbâʻîymfortyH705 →
- coltsʻayirproperly, a young assH5895 →
- eightshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eightH8083 →
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We have here a short account of the short reigns of three more of the judges of Israel, the first of whom governed but seven years, the second ten, and the third eight.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-15