Abdon

Gender: Male

Years: -1164 - -1156

Dictionary Text: The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel. He is probably the Bedan of.

Disambiguation Notes: Abdon (Hebrew: עַבְדּוֹן ‘Aḇdōn, "servile" or "service"), was the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, and was the twelfth Judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges (Judges 12:13-15). He was a member of the tribe of Ephraim, and in the biblical account was credited with having forty sons and thirty grandsons. He restored order in the central area of Israel "after the disastrous feud with Jephtha and the Gileadites".[1] He judged Israel for eight years. He was buried on Ephraimite land, in Pirathon, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

Family Members

• Father: Hillel

Verses

• 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.
• Judges 12:13: And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.