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Book of Judges article
(Jewish Encyclopedia) Year of birth unknown Date of death unknown Judges of ancient Israel Book of Judges 12th-century BCE Hebrew people {{Hebrew-Bible-stub Old Testament people Christian saints from the Old Testament Saints Jewish Roman Catholic saints Christian saints in unknown century
Abdon (Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
: עַבְדּוֹן ''‘Aḇdōn'', " servile" or "service"), was the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, and was the eleventh Judge of Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
mentioned in the Book of Judges
The Book of Judges (, ') is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdo ...
(). He was a member of the tribe of Ephraim
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim ( he, אֶפְרַיִם, ''ʾEp̄rayīm,'' in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם, ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was one of the tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh together with Ephraim formed the '' House ...
, 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 Pirathon was an ancient town mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Its exact whereabouts are not known. The Hebrew name agrees closely with that of modern Fara'ata (Israelite grid 165177), seven miles WSW of Shechem, leading to common identification of th ...
, in the hill-country of the Amalekites
Amalek (; he, עֲמָלֵק, , ar, عماليق ) was a nation described in the Hebrew Bible as a staunch enemy of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer to the nation's founder, a grandson of Esau; his descendants, the Amalekites; or th ...
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Veneration
Abdon is venerated in Catholic Church as a saint. His feast day is 1 September.See also
*Biblical judges
The biblical judges ''šōp̄êṭ''/''shofet'', pl. ''šōp̄əṭîm''/''shoftim'') are described in the Hebrew Bible, and mostly in the Book of Judges, as people who served roles as military leaders in times of crisis, in the period before an ...
*Book of Judges
The Book of Judges (, ') is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdo ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Book of Judges article
(Jewish Encyclopedia) Year of birth unknown Date of death unknown Judges of ancient Israel Book of Judges 12th-century BCE Hebrew people {{Hebrew-Bible-stub Old Testament people Christian saints from the Old Testament Saints Jewish Roman Catholic saints Christian saints in unknown century