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Ibzan

Illustrious, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:8-10). He ruled seven years.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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2 verses

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

1 event in which Ibzan takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 1145 BCJudgeship of IbzanJudg 12:8-10

Places

Places named in the same verses as Ibzan, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Bethlehem2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 4004 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

2 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Judges2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBIbzan 4
KJVIbzan 2
ASVIbzan 2

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Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Judges2 verses
  1. 12:8

    After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

  2. 12:10

    Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Illustrious, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:8-10). He ruled seven years.