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Judges 8:31 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. "

Judges 8:31

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29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

30 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.

31 His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32 Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

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Abimelech, son of Gideon

  • Gideon Gideon is the father of Abimelech.
    Source: Judges 7:1; Judges 8:29; Judges 8:30; Judges 8:31
    Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
    Read Judges 7:1
    Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
    Read Judges 8:29
    Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.
    Read Judges 8:30
    His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
    Read Judges 8:31

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Judges 9:3

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"His mother’s brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, “He is our brother.”"

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2 Chronicles 11:20

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"After her, he took Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith."

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Genesis 38:5

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"She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him."

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1 Chronicles 7:23

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"He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house."

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Hosea 1:3

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"So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son."

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Genesis 34:2

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"Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her."

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Judges 8:1

"The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply."

Judges 8:2

"He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?"

Judges 8:3

"God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that."

Judges 8:4

"Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing."

Judges 8:5

"He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”"

Judges 8:6

"The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”"

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