MANNAFEST

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

KJV

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ASV

And he had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

WEB

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

YLT

and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

DBT

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

JudgesThe 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

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