Atomic Bible

A minor judge of Israel from Ephraim

Abdon

Named in 2 verses of Judges, first in Judges 12:13.

עַבְדּוֹןAbdon

The name means “servant; cloud of judgment.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Father
Hillel

About Abdon Written by AI

Abdon, the son of Hillel the Pirathonite, is mentioned in Judges 12:13 to 15 as a minor judge of Israel. He was from the tribe of Ephraim and succeeded Elon as a judge. Abdon judged Israel for eight years. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, which was a sign of wealth and status in ancient Israel. Abdon died and was buried in Pirathon, located in the hill country of the Amalekites within the territory of Ephraim.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Abdon, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11.

(2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).

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(3.) The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah to ascertain from her the meaning of the recently discovered book of the law (2 Chr. 34:20). He is called Achbor in 2 Kings 22:12.

(4.) One of the “sons” of Shashak (1 Chr. 8:23).

This is the name also of a Levitical town of the Gershonites, in the tribe of Asher (Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74). The ruins of Abdeh, some 8 miles north-east of Accho, probably mark its site.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Judges 12:13

    After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.

  2. Judges 12:15

    Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

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