Judges 8:31
And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.
Cross References
Genesis 16:15And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Genesis 22:24And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gahan, and Thahash and Maachah.
Judges 9:18And yee are risen vp against my fathers house this day, and haue slayne his children, about seuentie persons vpon one stone, and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his mayde seruant, King ouer the men of Shechem, because hee 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 →