John Gill Commentary Judges 12:14

"And he had forty sons and thirty sons` sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years." — Judges 12:14 (ASV)

And he had forty sons, and thirty nephews
Or sons' sons, that is, grandsons; so that he lived not only to see his sons married, but his grandchildren grown up to men's estate; since it follows,

that rode on seventy ass colts ;
who were either employed by him to ride about on these animals, which in those times were honourable; see (Judges 5:10) to administer justice throughout the nation in their circuits; or rather, not following any trade, or being concerned in husbandry, or feeding cattle, but being men of estates, rode about like gentlemen:

and he judged Israel eight years ;
in his time it is said ^F2 the city of Troy was destroyed; so Eusebius ^F3 , who calls this judge Labdon, though he elsewhere ^F4 places it in the times of Eli; (See Gill on Judges 12:9).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: Juchasin, ut supra. (fol. 136. 1.)
• F3: Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 484.
• F4: Evangel. Praepar. l. 10. c. 11. p. 503.