Ibzan
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| Judges of Israel |
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| Othniel |
| Ehud |
| Shamgar |
| Deborah and Barak |
| Gideon |
| Abimelech |
| Tola |
| Jair |
| Jephthah |
| Ibzan |
| Elon |
| Abdon |
| Samson |
| Eli |
| Samuel |
Meaning: illustrious
The tenth judge of Israel, who ruled for seven years after Jephthah; a native of Beth-lehem he had thirty sons and thirty daughters, and was buried in his native town (Jdg 12:8-10). As "Bethlehem" here is not followed by "Ephratah" or by "Judah," the town may have been one in the tribe of Zebulun (Josh 19:15).
Ibzan is identified by the Talmudists with Boaz. The objection which might be based upon Ruth 4:17, where it appears that Obed was Boaz's only child, is met by the assertion that all the children of Ibzan died in their father's lifetime because he had not invited Manoah to their weddings (B. B. 91a; Yalḳ, Judges, 601).
This entry includes text from the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
