Judges 8:31

But his concubine, whom he had in Shechem, bore him a son named Abimelech.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

30And he had seventy sons, who went forth from his own thigh. For he had many wives.

32And Gideon, the son of Joash, died in a good old age, and he was buried in the sepulcher of his father, at Ophrah, of the family of Ezri.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:15And Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, who called his name Ishmael.

Genesis 22:24In truth, his concubine, named Reumah, bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

Judges 9:18though you now have risen up against my father’s house, and have killed his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have appointed Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, as a king over the inhabitants of Shechem, since he is your brother,

Matthew Henry on Judges 8:30-35

Israel's Return to Idolatry. ( b. c. 1249.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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