Judges 8:31
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.
Cross References
Genesis 16:15And Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Genesis 22:24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
Judges 9:18and 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 maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, 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 →