Judges 12:14

Judges 12:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
• New International Version (NIV)He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.

Context of Judges 12:14

12Then Elon died and they buried him in Aijalon, a town in the land of Zebulun's tribe. 13After Elon, Hillel's son Abdon led Israel. He came from Pirathon. He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. They rode on 70 donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years. 15Then he died. They buried him at Pirathon, a town in the land of Ephraim's tribe. That was in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Judges 12:14 word by word

וַיְהִי־ל֞וֹ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים רֹכְבִ֖ים עַל־שִׁבְעִ֣ים עֲיָרִ֑ם וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he had fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• that rodeרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• on threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• ass coltsעַ֫יִר‛ayir · coltH5895
• and he judgedשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Judges 12:14

• Judges 5:10Listen to me, you rich people who ride on white donkeys, with beautiful cloths to sit on. And you people who walk along the road, you should listen too!
• Judges 10:4He had 30 sons. They rode on 30 donkeys and they ruled 30 towns in Gilead. These towns are still called Havvoth-Jair (Jair's villages).

Commentaries on Judges 12:14

• 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 12:14

• Abdon
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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