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Judges 12:8

IbzanBethlehem

6 they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

7 Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.

10 Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

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BSB
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
KJV
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
WEB
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
ASV
And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
DARBY
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
BLB
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
ÅB
Etter ham var Ibsan fra Betlehem dommer i Israel.
OTB
Etter Jefta tok Ibzan fra Betlehem opp rollen som dommer i Israel.
B1930
Efter ham var Ibsan fra Betlehem dommer i Israel.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

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  • Matthew 2:1

    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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  • Genesis 15:19

    the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

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  • Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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