Judges 12:8

And after him (f) Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

(f) Some think that this was Boaz the husband of Ruth.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. And after him Ibzan - It appears that during the administration of Jephthah, six years - Ibzan, seven...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. After him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bethlehem ] Probably in Zebulun, mentioned in Joshua 19:15 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 no...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 h...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. Ver. 8. Ibzan of Bethlehem. ] Hic dicitur fuisse Boaz, saith Vatablus. This some will have to...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AN UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION (vv. 1-7) The men of Ephraim assumed the same proud attitude toward Jephthah as they had before done toward Gideon...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jephthah's Successors. B. C. 1112. 8...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of Beth-lehem; either that in Judah, of which Matthew 2:6 ; or that in Zebulun, Joshua 19:15 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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 tri...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE ARROGANT EPHRAIMITES AND JEPHTHAH—THE JUDGES WITHOUT FAME ( Judges 12:1-15 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 12:1 . Gathered themselves together....
Scofield Reference Notes

Ibzan He seems to have been only a civil judge in northeast Israel.
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 12:8 Ibzan of Bethlehem . It is uncertain whether Bethlehem of Judah is meant, or Bethlehem in the tribe of Zebu-lun, me...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Judgeships of Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:1 ; Genesis 15:19 ; Micah 5:2 ; Matthew 2:1

⁸ And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

Related Commentaries of Judges 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 12:8