A Levitical city in the territory of Asher.
Abdon
Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Joshua 19:28.
עַבְדּוֹןAbdon
עֶבְרֹןEbron
Also called Ebron.
The name means “servant; cloud of judgment.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Abdon Written by AI
Abdon, also called Ebron, was a town allotted to the Levites within the tribal territory of Asher (Joshua 21:30, 1Ch.6.74). It was one of four cities given to the Gershonite Levites from the tribe of Asher (Joshua 21:27-31, 1Ch.6.71-74). The parallel texts in Joshua and 1 Chronicles have different spellings of the name, Abdon versus Ebron, but clearly refer to the same town. Joshua 19:28 mentions Ebron in a list of towns within Asher's inheritance, confirming its location. No other details are given about Abdon in the Bible. Its exact location is uncertain, but it was presumably near the other Levitical cities of Asher: Mashal, Hukkok and Rehob.
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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 it
- Joshua 19:28
It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Joshua 21:30
From the tribe of Asher they were given Mishal, Abdon,
- 1 Chronicles 6:74
From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.