After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
"Ibzan of Bethlehem"  (Judges 12:8).  Keil denied that this was the Bethlehem in Judah on the basis that, "That Bethlehem is usually distinguished as `Bethlehem Judah' (Ruth 1:2) or as `Bethlehem Ephratah'  (Micah 5:1)."  In our view this is not sufficient reason for setting aside the plain statement of Josephus that, "When Jephthah was dead,[15] Ibzan took the government, being of the tribe of Judah and of the city of Bethlehem."[16]