Judges 12:8
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. There were two Bethlehems, one in the tribe of Zebulun, Joshua 19:15 of which some think this man was; and another in the tribe of Judah, the city of Jesse and David, and of the Messiah; and Josephus says {x}, Ibzan was of the tribe of Judah, of the city of Bethlehem; and because Boaz was of the same place, and lived in the times of the judges, the Jewish Rabbins {y} are of opinion that he is the same with Ibzan; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom.
{x} Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 13.
{y} T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 1.
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