Judges 8:31
And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
Brenton Septuagint
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 Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
Cross References
Genesis 16:15And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.
Genesis 22:24And his concubine whose name was Rheuma, she also bore Tabec, and Taam, and Tochos, and Mocha.
Judges 9:18and ye are risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Sicima, 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 →