“ Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. ”
The Three Minor Judges. Ibzan's home was probably Bethlehem in Zebulun ( Joshua 19:15 ), 7 m. from Nazareth, still called Beit-lahm. For Aijalon we should probably read Elon (so the LXX). Pirathon...
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. No JFB commentary on these verses....
The Ephraimites Quarrel with Jephthah. His Death 1-6. Jephthah and Ephraim. Once more the members of the leading tribe find themselves left out of the victory, and complain: cp. Judges 8:1 ; Jeph...
at the Fords of Ephraim Judges 12:1-15 In this second war, Jephthah showed the same conciliatory spirit as he had showed to Ammon. He parleyed sensibly and courteously before he went into the c...
The men of Ephraim took the same action in the case of Jephthah as they had done in the case of Gideon. After his victory they complained that they had not been called to help. It would seem as thoug...
I include the whole of these verses, and of the reign of three judges, comprising a period of twenty-five years, within the compass of one view, not only for the sake of brevity, but because the Holy...
Then died Ibzan, and was buried in Bethlehem. He died at the end of his seven years of government, and was buried in his native place; nothing memorable having happened during his being judge; this...
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. Ver. 10. And was buried at Bethlehem. ] Where he had done worthily, and was therefore bewailed. Contrarily, of King Edwin it is said, that he lived wi...
AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION (vv. 1-7) The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as they had before done toward Gideon (tie.8:1-2).When Jephthah had gained the victory o...
Jephthah's Successors. B. C. 1112. 8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 12:9 a ‘And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons.' This was a sign of his prestige and wealth. It would app...
THE ARROGANT EPHRAIMITES AND JEPHTHAH—THE JUDGES WITHOUT FAME ( Judges 12:1-15 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 12:1 . Gathered themselves together. ] Not in a disorderly or tumultuous manner as some...
Judges 12:3 . I put my life in my hands; a Hebraism of forcible import. David twice uses the same phrase. Now, to take the life of a man who had thus devoted himself, and whom God had honoured, wa...
EXPOSITION Judges 12:8 Ibzan of Bethlehem . It is uncertain whether Bethlehem of Judah is meant, or Bethlehem in the tribe of Zebu-lun, mentioned in Joshua 19:15 . Josephus says that Ibza...
The Judgeships of Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon