Abiezer

AI summary: This Abiezer matters because the cross references place him at the root of the Abiezrite clan, the family setting out of which Gideon emerges. That gives his name significance beyond simple genealogy: it becomes part of the identity of a household later central to deliverance in Judges. Tribal ancestry and later narrative memory converge here. Taken together, the material presents this Abiezer as a Manassite ancestor whose clan gains later prominence through Gideon.¹

The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34; 8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num. 26:30). ³