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Judges 12:8-15 (NET)

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⁸ After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. ⁹ He 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; ¹⁰ then he died and was buried in Bethlehem. ¹¹ After him Elon the Zebulunite led Israel for ten years. ¹² Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. ¹³ After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel. ¹⁴ He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years. ¹⁵ Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Definition(s):
Abdon (Ab-don): servant; cloud of judgment
Elon (Ee-lon): oak; grove; strong
Hillel (Hill-el): he that praises
Ibzan (Ibb-zann): father of a target; father of coldness
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Pirathon (Pirr-a-thon): his dissipation or deprivation; his rupture
Aijalon (Eye-ya-lon):
Bethlehem (Beth-le-hem):
Pirathonite (Pirr-a-thon-ight):
Zebulunite (Zebb-yu-lun-ight):