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Abdon
Son of Hillel the Pirathonite, who judged Israel eight years.
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Abdon — Son of Hillel the Pirathonite, who judged Israel eight years.
Parents
- Hillel father Judges 12:13Judges 12:15
Children
- Abdon's forty sons 40 son Judges 12:14
Other relatives
- Abdon's thirty grandsons 30 descendant Judges 12:14
His sons' sons.
Tribe, clan and house
- Tribe: Ephraim Member Interpretive Judges 12:15
Abdon was buried in Pirathon "in the land of Ephraim"; his tribe is inferred from his home.
Office and succession (not family)
- Elon preceded in office — Leader of Israel in the time of the judges Judges 12:13
- Samson followed in office — Leader of Israel in the time of the judges Judges 12:13–15Judges 13:1Judges 13:24
Judges does not link Samson's twenty years to Abdon's; periods may have overlapped.
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