Judges 8:31

And his concubine was in Shechem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name 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 Gideon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.

32And Gideon son of Joash died in his city, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father in Ophrah of Abiezer.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:15And Hagar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Hagar bore to him, 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 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 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 →

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