Ibzan

IBZAN, of the Tribe of Judah, eighth Judge of Israel. He was of the City of Bethsan, or Scythopolis, and succeeded Jephthah in the year of the World 2823. Judg. xii. 10.He died at Bethlehem, and was buried there after seven years government. He was the father of thirty sons and thirty daughters, whom he had had by several wives. He married all his children, and was father-in-law to thirty daughters and as many sons-in-law. He was succeeded by Ijon, in the year of the World 2830, before Jesus Christ 1170, before the Vulgar 1 Sam. iv. 19, 20, 21.Æra 1174.

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