And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.
And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy