Abdon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Abdon
     servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge
     of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam.
     12:11.
     
       (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr.


     8:30; 9:36).
     
       (3.) The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the
     prophetess Huldah to ascertain from her the meaning of the
     recently discovered book of the law (2 Chr. 34:20). He is called
     Achbor in 2 Kings 22:12.
     
       (4.) One of the "sons" of Shashak (1 Chr. 8:23).
     
       This is the name also of a Levitical town of the Gershonites,
     in the tribe of Asher (Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74). The ruins of
     Abdeh, some 8 miles north-east of Accho, probably mark its site.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Abdon, servant; cloud of judgment