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Judges 12:8

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, Jos 19:15 of which some think this man was; and another in the tribe of Judah, the city of Jesse and David, and of the Messiah; and Josephus says , Ibzan was of the tribe of Judah, of the city of Bethlehem; and because Boaz was of the same place, and lived in the times of the judges, the Jewish Rabbins are of opinion that he is the same with Ibzan; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom.

Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 13. T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91.

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