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his sorrow and his victory are a type of Him Who said: "Not my will, but Thine be
done." It almost seems as if Jephthah's three successors in the judgeship of the eastern
and northern tribes were chiefly mentioned to mark the contrast in their history. Of
Ibzan of Bethlehem,^301 of Elon the Zebulonite, and of Abdon the Pirathonite, we know
alike the dwelling and the burying-place. They lived honored, and died blessed -
surrounded, as the text emphatically tells us, by a large and prosperous number of
descendants. But their names are not found in the catalogue of worthies whom the Holy
Ghost has selected for our special example and encouragement.
(^)