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12 before he died and was buried in Aijalon that belonged to the Zebulun tribe.

Abdon

13-15 Abdon the son of Hillel was the next leader[a] of Israel. He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons, and each one of them had his own donkey.[b] Abdon was a leader for eight years, before he died and was buried in his hometown of Pirathon, which is located in the part of the hill country of Ephraim where Amalekites used to live.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.13-15 leader: See 2.16 and the note there.
  2. 12.13-15 each … donkey: A sign that the family was wealthy.

12 Then Elon died and was buried in Aijalon(A) in the land of Zebulun.

13 After him, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon,(B) led Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons,(C) who rode on seventy donkeys.(D) He led Israel eight years.

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