The Meaning of Judges 12:15 Explained

Judges 12:15

KJV: And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

YLT: And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.

Darby: Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pira'thonite died, and was buried at Pira'thon in the land of E'phraim, in the hill country of the Amal'ekites.

ASV: And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

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What is the context of Judges 12:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.

What does Judges 12:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 12:1-15 - At The Fords Of Ephraim

In this second war, Jephthah showed the same conciliatory spirit as he had showed to Ammon. He parleyed sensibly and courteously before he went into the conflict. A great many Christians are less Christian than this. They ignore Christ's strict injunction, Matthew 18:15. Ephraim had acted in the same manner to Gideon, Judges 8:1. In each case that tribe wanted to retain its primacy without the sacrifice which leadership involves; and it was angry when deliverance had arisen from another source. Leadership must be won, not inherited. Ephraim, therefore, was clearly in the wrong; and when her troops, which had crossed the Jordan into Gilead, were hurled back, the slaughter at the ford fell as a national judgment. The omission of a letter in their speech betrayed them. Alas, that Christians have martyred their fellows for even less!

Jephthah died soon after. Probably he died, not of age nor the brunt of war, but of a broken heart. The sweet voice of his child was always calling him. But the Spirit of God wrote on his memorial tablet-"By faith Jephthah." [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 12

¹ The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites
⁷ Jephthah dies
⁸ Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters
¹¹ and Elon
¹³ and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel

What do the individual words in Judges 12:15 mean?

And died Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the mountains of the Amalekite -

וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־ הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי פ

וַיָּ֛מָת	And died
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
עַבְדּ֥וֹן	Abdon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עַבְדֹּון Sense: a judge of Israel in the time of the judges; perhaps the same as ‘Bedan’.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הִלֵּ֖ל	of Hillel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: הִלֵּל Sense: a native of Pirathon in Mount Ephraim, the father of Abdon the judge.
הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י	the Pirathonite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פִּרְעָתֹונִי Sense: an inhabitant of Pirathon.
וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר	and was buried
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָבַר Sense: to bury.
בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙	in Pirathon
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: פִּרְעָתֹון Sense: a town in Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite.
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	in the land
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
אֶפְרַ֔יִם	of Ephraim
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶפְרַיִם Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
בְּהַ֖ר	in the mountains
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: הַר Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי	of the Amalekite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עֲמָלֵקִי Sense: descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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