--- title: "Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon" description: "After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. He had thirty sons, as well as..." image: "" book: "Judges" bookId: "JDG" testament: "old" startChapter: 12 startVerse: 8 endChapter: 12 endVerse: 15 coversChapters: [12] aiTitle: "Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon" aiDescription: "After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. He had thirty sons, as well as..." hasAiStory: true location: "Bethlehem" persons: ["Jephthah","Ibzan","Elon","Abdon","Hillel","Israel","Amalekites"] hashtags: ["genealogy","authority","judgment"] genre: "history" readingTime: 1 type: "adaptive" slug: "JDG/ibzan-elon-and-abdon" canonicalId: "JDG.12.8-12.15" chronologicalOrder: 422 relatedSlugs: [] prevSlug: "JDG/jephthah-defeats-ephraim" nextSlug: "JDG/the-birth-of-samson" --- After [Jephthah](/persons/jephthah), [Ibzan](/persons/ibzan) of Bethlehem judged [Israel](/persons/israel). He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years. Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem. After Ibzan, [Elon](/persons/elon) the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years. Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. After Elon, [Abdon](/persons/abdon) son of [Hillel](/persons/hillel), from Pirathon, judged Israel. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years. Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the [Amalekites](/persons/amalekites).

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