Topic
Abdon
12 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 21:30Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A Levitical city
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
- 2 Kings 22:12Easton · Smith · Nave 5. Son of Micah — Also called ACHBOR
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
- 1 Chronicles 6:74Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A Levitical city
And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 8:23Easton · Smith · Nave 3. A Benjamite chief
And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
- 1 Chronicles 8:30Easton · Smith · Nave 4. Son of Gibeon
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 9:36Easton · Smith · Nave 4. Son of Gibeon
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
- 2 Chronicles 34:20Easton · Smith · Nave
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,
- Judges 12:13–15Easton · Nave 1. A judge of Israel, in the time of the judges
¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried…
- 1 Samuel 12:11Easton · Smith
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
- Judges 12:13Smith
¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
- Judges 12:15Smith
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 9:35Smith
¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 9 references
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).
(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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 11 references
- A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in (1 Samuel 12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225).
- Son of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23)
- First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:35,36).
- Son of Micah, a contemporary of Josiah, (2 Chronicles 34:20) called Achbor in (2 Kings 22:12) (B.C. 628.)
- A city in the tribe if Asher, given to the Gershonites, (Joshua 21:30; 1 Chronicles 6:74) the modern Abdeh, 10 miles northeast of Accho.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.