Judges 12:14

And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who rode on seventy donkey colts, and he judged Israel eight years.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

In Context

13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.

15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

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Cross References

Judges 5:10Tell, ye who ride on white donkeys, ye who sit on rich carpets, and ye who walk by the way.

Matthew Henry on Judges 12:9-15

Jephthah's Successors. ( b. c. 1112.) 8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. 11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a… Read the whole commentary →

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