“ And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. ”
Ibzan of Bethlehem - Some have fancied him the same as Boaz Ruth 2:1 of Bethlehem-Judah. Others, from the juxtaposition of Elon the Zebulonite Judges 12:11 , understand Bethlehem in the tribe...
And after him (f) Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. (f) Some think that this was Boaz the husband of Ruth.
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...
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. And after him Ibzan - It appears that during the administration of Jephthah, six years - Ibzan, seven years - Elon, ten years - and Abdon, eight years,...
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. After him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. Since Beth-lehem is not followed by the distingu...
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...
Ibzan. — Nothing more is known of Ibzan than is detailed in these three verses. The notion that Ibhtsam (אבצו) is the same as Boaz (בֹּ֫עַז) has nothing to support it. Of Beth-lehem. — Usually a...
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...
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:15 of which some think this man was; and another in the tribe of Judah, the city...
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. Ver. 8. Ibzan of Bethlehem. ] Hic dicitur fuisse Boaz, saith Vatablus. This some will have to be Boaz, the husband of Ruth, the Moabitess, and g...
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. ...
Of Beth-lehem; either that in Judah, of which Matthew 2:6 ; or that in Zebulun, Joshua 19:15 .
‘ And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.' There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, ( Joshua 9:15 ) and another in the tribe of Judah. We do not know which one it was altho...
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...
Ibzan He seems to have been only a civil judge in northeast Israel.
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...
And after him (Jephthah) Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. This Bethlehem was that in the tribe of Zebulun, and Ibzan's jurisdiction seems to have extended over the northern tribes only.
1 Samuel 16:1 ; Genesis 15:19 ; Micah 5:2 ; Matthew 2:1