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Judges 8:31 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. "

Judges 8:31

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

30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

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

33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith 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 that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
    Read Judges 7:1
    And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
    Read Judges 8:29
    And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
    Read Judges 8:30
    And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
    Read Judges 8:31

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Genesis 22:24

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"And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah."

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Judges 9:18

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"And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)"

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Genesis 16:15

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"And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael."

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Genesis 20:2

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"And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah."

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Judges 9:1-5

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"And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,"

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Judges 9:3

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"And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother."

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Judges 8:1

"And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply."

Judges 8:2

"And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?"

Judges 8:3

"God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that."

Judges 8:4

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

Judges 8:5

"And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian."

Judges 8:6

"And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?"

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