Judges 12:15

Judges 12:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Abdon son of Hillel died and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains of the Amalekites.

Context of Judges 12:15

13After Elon, Hillel's son Abdon led Israel. He came from Pirathon. 14He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. They rode on 70 donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years. Then 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 12:15 word by word

וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Abdonעַבְדּוֹן‛abdôn · AbdonH5658
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Hillelהִלֵּלhillêl · HillelH1985
• the Pirathoniteפִּרְעָתוֹנִיpir‛âthônîy pir‛âthônîy · PirathonH6553
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• in Pirathonפִּרְעָתוֹןpir‛âthôn · PirathonH6552
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• in the mountהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• of the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵקִי‛ămâlêqîy · AmalekiteH6003

Cross-references for Judges 12:15

• 2 Samuel 23:30Benaiah, from Pirathon, Hiddai, from the valleys near Gaash,
• Judges 3:13King Eglon made an agreement with the Ammonites and the Amalekites to join together to attack Israel. They attacked Jericho, ‘The City of Palm Trees’, and they took it for themselves.
• Judges 5:14Some men of Ephraim's tribe came to help, from the land where Amalek lived. They followed men of Benjamin's tribe, with their soldiers. Leaders also came from Makir. Army officers came from Zebulun's tribe.
• Genesis 14:7They then went back. They went to En Mishpat. (That is Kadesh.) They took the whole land of the Amalekites. They also took the land of the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
• Exodus 17:8At Rephidim, the Amalekites came and they fought against the Israelites.
• 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul attacked the Amalekites. He fought them all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Commentaries on Judges 12:15

• 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. 15The Amalekites had previously lived in parts of Ephraim (Judges 5:14).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 12:15

• Abdon
• Hillel
• Israel
• Pirathon

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Mount of the Amalekites
• Abdon
• Hillel
• Pirathon
• Shibboleth
• Strife
• Abdon (1)
• Hill; Mount; Mountain
• Israel, History of

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