And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead./
8And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel./9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
In this list of names their role were as judges and as matter of course served the house of Israel and the Spirit do not pause to give them encomiums, and rightly so since they ruled by the Spirit of God and not by their own merits. "And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me(Is.63:5)". The Spirit uses however certain tags to give their service within the context of the Son as the Judge. So threescore and ten ass colts found place here because the Spirit is serving multilayered account of the Salvation Plan of God.
Earlier we read of "Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years./And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts(10:3-4)", Here we have Abdon associated with ass colts which are hovever 70 in number.
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel./And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. He belonged to Ephraim while Jair belonged to Gilead.
What is the significance? Gilead and Ephraim just went through a bitter conflict, 'and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand'(12:6). In Christ Jesus their middle wall of partition was removed. 70 number connects Ephraim and Gilead to the Prince of peace. 70 is a command number to refer the end times.
And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead./
8And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel./9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
In this list of names their role were as judges and as matter of course served the house of Israel and the Spirit do not pause to give them encomiums, and rightly so since they ruled by the Spirit of God and not by their own merits. "And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me(Is.63:5)". The Spirit uses however certain tags to give their service within the context of the Son as the Judge. So threescore and ten ass colts found place here because the Spirit is serving multilayered account of the Salvation Plan of God.
Earlier we read of "Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years./And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts(10:3-4)", Here we have Abdon associated with ass colts which are hovever 70 in number.
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel./And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. He belonged to Ephraim while Jair belonged to Gilead.
What is the significance? Gilead and Ephraim just went through a bitter conflict, 'and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand'(12:6). In Christ Jesus their middle wall of partition was removed. 70 number connects Ephraim and Gilead to the Prince of peace. 70 is a command number to refer the end times.
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