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New King James Version

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abdon;   Israel;   Judge;   King;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ass;   Shibboleth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judges, book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Burial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abdon;   Ass;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bedan;   Nephew;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abdon;   Ass;   Bedan;   Colt;   Court Systems;   Judges, Book of;   Nephew;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Nephew;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Nephew;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ass;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jephthah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abdon (1);   Israel, History of the People;   Judges, Book of:;   Judges, Period of;   Number;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abdon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Forty, the Number;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon judged Israel eight years,
Hebrew Names Version
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Yisra'el eight years.
King James Version
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Lexham English Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons that rode on seventy male donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
English Standard Version
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years.
New Century Version
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
New English Translation
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.
Amplified Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel for eight years.
New American Standard Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel for eight years.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he had fourty sonnes and thirtie nephewes that rode on seuentie assecoltes: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres.
Legacy Standard Bible
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
Complete Jewish Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Isra'el for eight years.
Darby Translation
And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.
Easy-to-Read Version
Abdon had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. They rode on 70 donkeys. Abdon was a judge for the Israelites for eight years.
George Lamsa Translation
And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
Good News Translation
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,
Literal Translation
And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy he-asses; and he judged Israel eight years.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which had fortye sonnes, & thirtie neuies ( which rode vpo seuentye Asses foales) and he iudged Israel eighte yeare,
American Standard Version
And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Bible in Basic English
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he had fourtie sonnes, and thirtie neuewes, that rode on threscore and ten asse coltes: And when Abdon the sonne of Hellel the Pharathonite had iudged Israel eight yeres,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts; and he judged Israel eight years.
King James Version (1611)
And he had fourty sonnes, and thirtie nephewes, that rode on threescore and ten asse-colts: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
English Revised Version
And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Berean Standard Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which Abdon hadde fourti sones, and of hem thretti sones, stiynge on seuenti coltis of femal assis, `that is, mulis, and he demyde Israel eiyte yeer;
Young's Literal Translation
and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.
Update Bible Version
And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on seventy ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
World English Bible
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
New Living Translation
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
New Life Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who traveled on seventy donkeys. He ruled Israel for eight years.
New Revised Standard
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys; he judged Israel eight years.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it was, he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts, - and he judged Israel eight years.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel eight years:
Revised Standard Version
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy asses; and he judged Israel eight years.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years.

Contextual Overview

8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 He had thirty sons. And he gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and brought in thirty daughters from elsewhere for his sons. He judged Israel seven years. 10 Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem. 11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel. He judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 13 After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years. 15 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

nephews: Heb. sons' sons

rode: Judges 5:10, Judges 10:4

Reciprocal: Judges 8:30 - threescore Judges 12:9 - General 1 Samuel 7:16 - in circuit 1 Samuel 8:1 - sons judges 2 Kings 10:1 - seventy sons Matthew 21:5 - sitting John 12:15 - sitting 1 Timothy 5:4 - nephews

Cross-References

Genesis 3:6
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
Genesis 39:7
And it came to pass after these things that his master's wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he had forty sons, and thirty nephews,.... Or sons' sons, that is, grandsons; so that he lived not only to see his sons married, but his grandchildren grown up to men's estate; since it follows,

that rode on seventy ass colts; who were either employed by him to ride about on these animals, which in those times were honourable; see Judges 5:10 to administer justice throughout the nation in their circuits; or rather, not following any trade, or being concerned in husbandry, or feeding cattle, but being men of estates, rode about like gentlemen:

and he judged Israel eight years; in his time it is said b the city of Troy was destroyed; so Eusebius c, who calls this judge Labdon, though he elsewhere d places it in the times of Eli;

Judges 5:10- :.

b Juchasin, ut supra. (fol. 136. 1.) c Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 484. d Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 503.


 
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