Abdon (Judges)
| Abdon | |
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A portrait of Abdon a Judge of Israel from Bartolomeo Gai 's Epitome historico-chronologica 1751
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| Judge of Israel | |
| Born | Unknown Pirathon, Tribe of Ephraim, Ancient Israel |
| Died | Unknown Pirathon, Tribe of Ephraim, Ancient Israel |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Feast | 1 September |
Abdon (Hebrew: עַבְדּוֹן ‘Aḇdōn, "servile" or "service") was the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, and was the eleventh Judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges (Judges 12:13–15). He was a member of the tribe of Ephraim, and in the biblical account was credited with having forty sons and thirty grandsons. He restored order in the central area of Israel "after the disastrous feud with Jephtha and the Gileadites". He judged Israel for eight years. He was buried on Ephraimite land, in Pirathon, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
Veneration
An entirely different person with the same name is venerated in Catholic Church as a saint. That Abdon, a third-century Christian, has nothing to do with the Abdon mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His feast day is 1 September.[1]
See also
- Biblical judges
- Book of Judges
References
- Back to citation Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Abdon (2)«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 1. Augsburg 1858,..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-13.
External links
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Book of Judges article (Jewish Encyclopedia)