Judges 12:10
in Judges 12Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
KJV
Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.
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This verse in Judges 12
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel
on Judges 12:8-15
Three judges close the chapter, and what is recorded of them is households and graves. Abdon's forty sons and thirty grandsons ride seventy donkeys. Which Bethlehem Ibzan came from is unsettled, since Joshua 19:15 names one in Zebulun, and the rabbis quoted by John Gill identify him with Boaz.
This site's exposition
he was buried in Bethlehem
Ibzan died after judging Israel seven years and was buried in his own town. John Gill notes that no event of his rule is recorded beyond his sons and daughters. Each of these judges ends with a burial.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then died Ibzan, and was buried in Bethlehem. He died at the end of his seven years of government, and was buried in his native place; nothing memorable having happened during his being judge; this is all that is recorded of him.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| אִבְצָ֔ן | ʾivtzan | Ibzan | H78 → | |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּבֵ֥ית | beveit | in Beth- | H1035 → | 82 times |
| לָֽחֶם׃ פ | lachem | -lehem | H1035 → | 82 times |
וַיָּ֣מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
אִבְצָ֔ןIbzan
ʾivtzanH78 →
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
בְּבֵ֥יתin Beth-
beveitH1035 →82 times
לָֽחֶם׃ פ-lehem
lachemH1035 →82 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).