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'''Ibzan''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אִבְצָ֖ן''', splendid) (fl. 1146-1139 BC)<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd N., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, p. 279</ref> was the eleventh [[Judge]] of [[Israel]]. He lived in [[Bethlehem]], a city of [[Judah (tribe)|Judah]]. The [[Bible]] says that he had thirty sons and thirty daughters, and that he had his daughters marry outside the family and had his sons marry thirty women from outside the family.<ref name=Konig>Konig G, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p259.htm Ibzan], AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2001. Accessed December 20, 2008.</ref>
His career lasted seven years, and then he died. Sadly, the [[Philistines]] took total dominion over Israel two years before his death.
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Israel]]
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