Judges 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.”
What this verse means
A short, plain-language explanation of Judges 12:8 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
Compare translations
BSBPD
“After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Judges 12:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
- Joshua 19:15It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.
- Judges 10:1After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 17:7And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
- Judges 19:1Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
- 1 Samuel 16:1Now 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.”
- Micah 5:2But 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.
- Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Keep exploring