Abdon
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; 1 Chr 9:36).
(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 Kgs 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.
Named in the Bible
8 verses
- Joshua 21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
- Judges 12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- Judges 12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
- 1 Chronicles 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
- 2 Chronicles 34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
