Verse 13
Xl. ABDON
"And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons; that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites."
"The Pirathonite" (Judges 12:13). This identifies the residence of this judge as Pirathon in the territory of Ephraim. Dalglish located this place as, "Some eight miles southwest of Nablus."[21]
"Abdon" (Judges 12:13). "This name means `service.'"[22]
He is only recorded to have been happy in his children; for the public affairs were then so peaceable, and in such security, that neither did he perform any glorious action. He had forty sons, and by them left thirty grandchildren; and he marched in state with these seventy ... He left them all alive after him; he died an old man, and obtained a magnificent burial in Pyrathon.[23]
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