Judges 12:13

Judges 12:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)After him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, led Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.

Context of Judges 12:13

11Elon, who was from Zebulun, judged Israel after Ibzan. He judged Israel ten years, 12and when he died, he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, who was from Pirathon, judged Israel. 14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon judged Israel eight years, 15and when he died, he was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Judges 12:13 word by word

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אַחֲרָ֖יו אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• him Abdonעַבְדּוֹן‛abdôn · AbdonH5658
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Hillelהִלֵּלhillêl · HillelH1985
• a Pirathoniteפִּרְעָתוֹנִיpir‛âthônîy pir‛âthônîy · PirathonH6553
• judgedשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Commentaries on Judges 12:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13A 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 We have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel. The happiest life of individuals, and the happiest state of society, is that which affords the fewest remarkable events. To live in credit and quiet, to be peacefully useful to those around us, to possess a clear conscience; but, above all, and without which nothing can avail, to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while we live, and to die at peace with God and man, form the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-15The account continues with these lesser judges (see study note on Judges 10:1–5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-154-6. the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim--The remonstrances of Jephthah, though reasonable and temperate, were not only ineffectual, but followed by insulting sneers that the Gileadites were reckoned both by the western Manassites and Ephraimites as outcasts--the scum and refuse of their common stock. This was addressed to a peculiarly sensitive people. A feud immediately ensued. The Gileadites…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 12:13

• Abdon
• Hillel
• Israel
• Judge
• Pirathon

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Abdon
• Bedan
• Hillel
• Pirathonite
• Shibboleth
• Strife
• Abdon (1)
• Benaiah
• Chronology of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Judges 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings