Judges 12:10

Judges 12:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When he died, he was buried at Bethlehem.

Context of Judges 12:10

8After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. 9He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years. Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem. 11After him, Elon the Zebulunite led Israel ten years. 12Then Elon died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Judges 12:10 word by word

וַיָּ֣מָת אִבְצָ֔ן וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Ibzanאִבְצָן'ibtsân · IbzanH78
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• at Beth–lehemבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbêyth lechem · BethlehemH1035

Commentaries on Judges 12:10

• 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 12:10

• Bethlehem
• Ibzan
• Israel
• Judge

In the dictionaries

• Ibzan
• Shibboleth
• Strife
• Abdon (1)
• Boaz
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Ebez
• Ezbon
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book 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