Abdon

four Israelites, also a Levitical

  • The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel ( Judges 12:13-15 ). He is probably the Bedan of  1 Samuel 12:11 . 

     

  • The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 34:20 ). He is called Achbor in  2 Kings 22:12 . 

     

  • One of the "sons" of Shashak ( 1 Chronicles 8:23 ). 

    This is the name also of a Levitical town of the Gershonites, in the tribe of Asher ( Joshua 21:30 ;  1 Chronicles 6:74 ). The ruins of Abdeh, some 8 miles north-east of Accho, probably mark its site. 

     

    These dictionary topics are from
    M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
    published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.