Judges 12:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Jephthah judged Israel for six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.(A)
Ibzan. 8 After him Ibzan[a] of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9 (B)He had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage outside the family, while bringing in thirty wives for his sons from outside the family. He judged Israel for seven years.
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- 12:8–15 Ibzan…Elon…Abdon: three more of the so-called “minor judges”; see Introduction.
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