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

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  • Judge

    [ebd] (Heb. shophet, pl. shophetim), properly a magistrate or ruler, rather than one who judges in the sense of trying a cause. This is the name given to those rulers who presided over the affairs of the Israelites during the inte...
    [nave] JUDGE Appointed by Persians, Ezra 7:25. Kings and other rulers as, 2 Sam. 8:15; 15:2; 1 Kin. 3:16-28; 10:9; 2 Kin. 8:1-6; Psa. 72:1-4; Matt. 27:11-26; Acts 23:34, 35; 24; 25:11, 12. Priests and Levites as, Deut. 17:9; 2 Ch...

  • Hillel

    [ebd] praising, a Pirathonite, father of the judge Abdon (Judg. 12:13, 15).
    [isbe] HILLEL - hil'-el (hillel, "he greatly praised"; Septuagint Ellel): An inhabitant of Pirathon in the hill country of Ephraim, and father of Abdon, one of the judges of Israel (Jdg 12:13,15).
    [smith] (praise), a native of Pirathon in Mount Ephraim, father of Abdon, one of the judges of Israel. (Judges 12:13,15)
    [nave] HILLEL, father of Abdon, Judg. 12:13, 15.

  • Abdon

    [ebd] servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11. (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) The son o...
    [smith] (servile). A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in (1 Samuel 12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225). Son of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23) First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30...
    [nave] ABDON 1. A judge of Israel, in the time of the judges, Judg. 12:13-15. 2. A Levitical city, Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74. 3. A Benjamite chief, 1 Chr. 8:23. 4. Son of Gibeon, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36. 5. Son of Micah, 2 Chr. 34:20....

  • ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 2

    [isbe] ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 2 - III. Period of the Judges. 1. General Character of Period: In such a period of weakened national and religious life, it could easily happen that Israel would again lose the supremacy that it had won b...

  • Elon

    [ebd] oak. (1.) A city of Dan (Josh. 19:43). (2.) A Hittite, father of Bashemath, Esau's wife (Gen. 26:34). (3.) One of the sons of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14). (4.) The eleventh of the Hebrew judges. He held office for ten years (Judg. ...
    [smith] (an oak). A Hittite, whose daughter was one of Esau?s wives. (Genesis 26:34; 36:2) (B.C. 1797.) The second of the three sons attributed to Zebulun, (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) and the founder of the family of the Elonites...
    [nave] ELON 1. Father-in-law of Esau, Gen. 26:34; 36:2. 2. A son of Zebulun, Gen. 46:14; Num. 26:26. 3. A town of Dan, Josh. 19:43. 4. A Hebrew judge, Judg. 12:11, 12.

  • Zebulonite

    [ebd] the designation of Elon, the judge who belonged to the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:11, 12).
    [smith] a member of the tribe of Zebulun. (Judges 12:11,12) Applied only to Elon, the one judge produced by the tribe. (Judges 12:11,12)
    [nave] ZEBULONITE Judg. 12:11, 12

  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • Pirathon

    [ebd] prince, or summit, a place "in the land of Ephraim" (Judg. 12:15), now Fer'on, some 10 miles south-west of Shechem. This was the home of Abdon the judge.
    [smith] (princely), "in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite," a place in (Judges 12:15) Its site, now called Fer?ata , is about one mile and a half south of the road from Jaffa, by Hableh , to Nablus . Pirathonites are ...
    [nave] PIRATHON A place in the land of Ephraim, Judg. 12:15. Men of, Judg. 12:13; 2 Sam. 23:30; 1 Chr. 11:31; 27:14.

  • PIRATHONITE

    [ebd] (1.) Abdon, the son of Hillel, so called, Judg. 12:13, 15. (2.) Benaiah the Ephraimite (2 Sam. 23:30), one of David's thirty heroes.
    [smith] a native of or dweller in Pirathon. Two such are named in the Bible:-- Abdon ben-Hillel. (Judges 12:13,15) "Benaiah the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim," (1 Chronicles 27:14)

  • CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

    [isbe] CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - kro-nol'-o-ji: I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Difficulties of the Subject 2. Plan of Treatment 3. Bible to be Regarded as Highest Authority II. THE AGES BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS III. PERSIAN PERIOD IV. BA...

  • Ibzan

    [ebd] illustrious, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:8-10). He ruled seven years.
    [isbe] IBZAN - ib'-zan (ibhtsan): The 10th judge of Israel. His city is given as Bethlehem (whether of Judah or Zebulun is not stated). He judged Israel 7 years, and when he died he was buried in his native place. The only personal...
    [smith] (illustrious), a native of Bethlehem of Zebulun, who judged Israel for seven years after Jephthah. (Judges 12:8,10) (B.C. 1137.)
    [nave] IBZAN, a Bethlehemite, and judge of Israel, Judg. 12:8-10.

  • ABDON (1)

    [isbe] ABDON (1) - ab'-don (`abhdon, perhaps "service"; Abdon): (1) A judge of Israel for eight years (Jdg 12:13-15). The account says that he was the son of Hillel the Pirathonite, and that he was buried in Pirathon in the land of...

  • BENAIAH

    [isbe] BENAIAH - be-na'-ya, be-ni'-a (benayah, benayahu, "Yahweh has built." Compare HPN, 182, 265, 268): (1) Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada of Kabzeel (compare Josh 15:21), was a man of "mighty deeds" and was more honorable than any...

  • Ajalon

    [ebd] and Aij'alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical cities given to the Kohathites (1 ...
    [nave] AJALON 1. A city of Dan, Josh. 19:42. Assigned to the Levites, Josh. 21:24; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 6:69. Amorites of, not exterminated, Judg. 1:35. 2. A city of Zebulun, Judg. 12:12. 3. A city of Judah, 2 Chr. 28:18; 11:10...

  • MOUNT OF THE AMALEKITES

    [ebd] a place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 12:15).
    [isbe] MOUNT OF THE AMALEKITES - ("Hill-country of the Amalekites" (Jdg 12:15)): The Amalekites are usually connected with the valley (Nu 14:25; Jdg 7:12), but appear from this passage to have had a settlement in the hill country o...

  • ELON (1)

    [isbe] ELON (1) - e'-lon ('elon "terebinth"): (1) A Zebulunite, who judged Israel ten years, and was buried in Aijalon (Jdg 12:11,12). (2) A son of Zebulun (Gen 46:14; Nu 26:26). (3) A Hittite whose daughter Esau wedded (Gen 26:34;...

  • PIRATHON; PIRATHONITE

    [isbe] PIRATHON; PIRATHONITE - pir'-a-thon, pir'-a-thon-it (pir`athon, pir`athoni; Codex Vaticanus Pharathom; Codex Alexandrinus Phraathom, Pharathuneites): The home of Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite (Jdg 12:13 ff the King...

  • ZEBULUN

    [isbe] ZEBULUN - zeb'-u-lun (zebhulun, also written zebuwlun and zebuluwn; the first form occurs only in Jdg 1:30; the other two are frequent, and are used interchangeably; Zaboulon): In Gen 30:20 Leah exclaims, "God hath endowed m...

  • PHARATHON

    [isbe] PHARATHON - far'-a-thon (Pharathon): One of the strong cities of Judea fortified by Bacchides during the Maccabean war (1 Macc 9:50). Septuagint reads "Thamnatha-pharathon" as the name of one city. Josephus, however (Ant., X...

  • AIJALON, OR AJALON

    [smith] (place of gazelles). A city of the Kohathites. (Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69) It was a Levitical city and a city of refuge. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:42) Authorized Version, AJALON, whi...
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