Judges - 12:14

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14 He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 12:14.

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And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
And he had forty sons and thirty sons'sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel eight years:
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy asses; and he judged Israel eight years.
And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on seventy ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on three score and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkey colts. And he judged Israel eight years.

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Historical Commentaries

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And he had forty sons, and thirty nephews,.... Or sons' sons, that is, grandsons; so that he lived not only to see his sons married, but his grandchildren grown up to men's estate; since it follows:
that rode on seventy ass colts; who were either employed by him to ride about on these animals, which in those times were honourable; see Judges 5:10 to administer justice throughout the nation in their circuits; or rather, not following any trade, or being concerned in husbandry, or feeding cattle, but being men of estates, rode about like gentlemen:
and he judged Israel eight years; in his time it is said (b) the city of Troy was destroyed; so Eusebius (c), who calls this judge Labdon, though he elsewhere (d) places it in the times of Eli; See Gill on Judges 12:9.
(b) Juchasin, ut supra. (fol. 136. 1.) (c) Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 484. (d) Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 503.

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