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Judges 12:8-15

8After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

9He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;

10then he died and was buried in Bethlehem.

11After him Elon the Zebulunite led Israel for ten years.

12Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

13After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel.

14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

15Then Abdon 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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