Abdon
Abdon ("servile") may refer to:
Abdon, Shropshire, a village in the English county of Shropshire.
Abdon (Judges), 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.The first-born of
Gibeon of the tribe of
Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).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.One of the "sons" of Shashak (1 Chr. 8:23).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.Two saints,
Saints Abdon and Sennen, killed on the same day with a feast day on
July 30.
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Abdon
servant; cloud of judgment
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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Abdon
(servile).
→ 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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
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; 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.
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