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Abdon

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(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.

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Abdon

!. Son of Hillel, of Pirathon in Ephraim, the last of the minor judfies, Jg 12'5-'». 2. A family of the tribe of Benjamin dwelling in Jerus., 1 Ch 8'^. 3. A Gibeonite family dwelling in Jerus., 1 Ch S** 9**. 4. A courtier of Josiah, 2 Ch 34*; in 2 K 22" his name is Achbor. G. A. CoOKE.

References

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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