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John Gill's Exposition on Judges 12:8

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.] There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, (<061915>Joshua 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 f254, 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 f255 are of opinion that he is the same with Ibzan; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom.
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