Bible Person

Abdon

Meaning: servant; cloud of judgment · Male · 2 cross references

This Abdon entry refers to Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite judge of Israel, not to the Benjaminite descendant of Gibeon. He is one of the later judges who leads Israel in a comparatively quiet period. First appears in Judg 12:13.1

AI summary: This Abdon matters because the cross references place him near the close of the judges era, where brief notices still testify to God's continued provision of leadership for Israel. His story lacks the dramatic conflict of earlier judges, but that itself highlights a different kind of significance: stable governance in a fragmented age. Taken together, the material presents this Abdon as a late judge whose remembered leadership forms part of God's sustaining care before the monarchy.1

Central Figure

Abdon

Meaning: servant; cloud of judgment

The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg.