Abdon

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(servile). (1) An Ephraimite judge of Israel for eight years (Judg. 12:13-15). Supposed to be same as Bedan (1 Sam. 12:11). (2) Son of Shashak (1 Chron. 8:23). (3) A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, of Gibeon (1 Chron. 8:30; 9:36). (4) Son of Micah in Josiah’s time (2 Chron. 34:20); supposedly Achbor (2 Kings 22:12). (5) A city in tribe of Asher, assigned to the Levites (Josh. 21:30; 1 Chron. 6:74); associated with modern Abdeh, 10 miles N. E. of Accho, or Acre, the Ptolemais of N. T.