Judges 8:31
And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.
Cross References
Genesis 16:15And Agar brought forth a son to Abram: who called his name Ismael.
Genesis 22:24And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.
Judges 9:18And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because 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 →