Judges 12 · Verse 13

Judges 12:13

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Judges 12:13, King James Version

Judges 12:13 in other translations

BSBAfter Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
WEBAfter him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
ASVAnd after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
YLTAnd after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel,
DARBYAnd after him Abdon the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judged Israel.
BBEAnd after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, was judge of Israel.
WebsterAnd after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

What does Judges 12:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 12:8-15

We have here a short account of three more of the judges of Israel. The happiest life of individuals, and the happiest state of society, is that which affords the fewest remarkable events. To live in credit and quiet, to be peacefully useful to those around us, to possess a clear conscience; but, above all, and without which nothing can avail, to enjoy communion with God our Saviour while we live, and to die at…

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Judges 12:13 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥טvai.yish.Potand he judgedH8199
אַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.Ravafter himH310
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עַבְדּ֥וֹןav.DonAbdonH5658
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
הִלֵּ֖לhi.LelHillelH1985
הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִֽי\׃ha.pir.'a.to.Nithe PirathoniteH6553

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2840. B.C. 1164. An. Ex. Is. 327."A civil judge also in North-east Israel."
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Context

  • Judges 12:12

    And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.

  • Judges 12:13

    And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

  • Judges 12:14

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

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Judges 12:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Después de él juzgó á Israel Abdón hijo de Hillel, Piratonita.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et après lui, Abdon, fils d’Hillel, le Pirhathonite, jugea Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nach ihm richtete Israel Abdon, der Sohn Hillels, der Pirhathoniter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Post hunc judicavit Israël Abdon filius Illel Pharathonites: