He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
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He had thirty sons. He sent his thirty daughters outside his clan, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside his clan for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
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And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
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And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
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Passages linked to Judges 12:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts. They had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- Judges 12:14 He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty…
Jdg 12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, [whom] he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Ver. 9. Thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad.] Providing fit matches for them in due time; which is the father’s duty, since there is in most people a propensity to the nuptial conjunction. The man misseth his rib, and the woman would be in her old place again, under the man’s arm or wing. "My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee" - that is, a husband - "that it may be well with thee?" {Rth 3:1}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Took in thirty daughters, i.e. took them home for…
Took in thirty daughters, i.e. took them home for wives to his sons. See Gen 24:67; 31:50; Deu 21:12; 2Sa 11:27.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters,.... Which…
And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters,.... Which was a very uncommon case for a man to have so many children, and those as to their sex to be equal. Between the former judge and him there was a great difference, in respect of this circumstance of children; he had but one daughter, an only child; and she, by reason of his vow, not suffered to marry. Such a difference does God, in his all wise Providence, make even among good men: nor is this any certain characteristic of a good man. Danaus had fifty daughters, and his brother Egyptus fifty sons, who were married to each other; and the husbands were all slain by their wives but one, on the wedding night, and so far from being happy in them: but it was otherwise with this judge:
whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons; his daughters he sent abroad, or married them, to persons not of another nation, nor of another tribe, but of another family of the same tribe, and these he dismissed from him to live with their husbands; and he took in daughters of families in the same tribe to be wives to his sons, and who seem to have dwelt together; it being the custom then for sons, though married, to abide with their father, and their wives with them; as Abarbinel says is the custom at Zenobia unto this day:
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and he judged Israel seven years; and in his days the wars of Troy are said (z) to begin; but they began in the times of Jephthah his predecessor, and ended in his (a).
(z) Juchasin, fol. 136. 1. (a) Gerard. Vossii Isagoge Chron. dissert. 1. p. 4.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Took in - That is, took them home for…
Took in - That is, took them home for wives to his sons. What a difference between his and his predecessor's family! Ibzan had sixty children, and all married: Jephthah but one, and she dies unmarried. Some are increased, others diminished: all is the Lord's doing.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 12:9. Took in thirty daughters — That is,…
Jdg 12:9. Took in thirty daughters — That is, took them home for wives to his sons. What a difference between his and his predecessor’s family! Ibzan had sixty children, and all married; Jephthah but one, and she dies unmarried. Some are increased, others diminished; all is the Lord’s doing.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain House, or family, though perhaps not under the same…
House, or family, though perhaps not under the same roof. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Thirty sons, and thirty daughters — This fact…
9. Thirty sons, and thirty daughters — This fact alone would make him great in Israel, and might have been one reason of his being elected judge. Notice that the daughters were sent abroad to find homes in Israel, but the sons remained at home to inherit the paternal estate. Notice, also, how complete a contrast between Ibzan’s family fortunes and those of Jephthah.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Thirty sons, and thirty daughters.—Implying polygamy, wealth, and…
(9) Thirty sons, and thirty daughters.—Implying polygamy, wealth, and state (Jdg_8:30).
Whom he sent abroad—i.e., whom he gave in marriage “out of his house” (Vulg., quas emittens foras maritis dedit). The only reason for recording the marriage of his sons and daughters is to show that he was a great man, and sought additional influence by intermarriages with other families. It showed no little prosperity that he lived to see his sixty children married.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He had thirty sons, etc. From no record of…
He had thirty sons, etc. From no record of Ibzan"s judgeship being preserved, except this domestic incident, we may infer, as in the ease of Jair, that no important events took place in his time.
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