14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
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Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-15)We have here a short account of the short reigns of three more of the judges of Israel, the first of whom governed but seven years, the second ten, and the third eight. For the transgression of a land, many are the princes thereof , many in a short time, successively (Prov. 28:2), good men being removed in the beginning of their usefulness and by the time that they have applied themselves to their…
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