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Judges 8:31
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His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
His concubine who was in Shekhem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Avimelekh.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore for him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
He had a slave woman who lived in Shechem, and he had a son by her, whom he named Abimelech.
His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.
En sy byvrou wat in Sigem was, het ook vir hom 'n seun gebaar, en hy het hom die naam Abim�leg gegee.
He even had a wife who lived at Shechem. They had a son, and Gideon named him Abimelech.
He also had a concubine in Sh'khem, and she too bore him a son, whom he called Avimelekh.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelech.
He had a slave woman who lived in the city of Shechem. He had a son by her. He named that son Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimeleck.
He also had a concubine in Shechem; she bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
And his concubine in Shechem bore a son to him, she also; and he called his name Abimelech.
And his concubyne which he had at Siche, bare him a sonne also, whom he called Abimelech.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.
And his cocubine that was in Sichem bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, shee also bare him a sonne, whose name he called Abimelech.
And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
Forsothe a concubyn, `that is, secoundarie wijf, of hym, whom he hadde in Sichem, gendride to hym a sone, Abymelech bi name.
and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, hath born to him -- even she -- a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
The woman in Shechem who acted as his wife gave birth to Gideon's son also. He was given the name Abimelech.
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
And, his concubine who was in Shechem, she also, bare him a son, - and he gave him the name of Abimelech.
And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
concubine: Judges 9:1-5, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 22:24
called: Heb. set
Abimelech: Judges 9:18, Genesis 20:2
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:3 - seven hundred 2 Chronicles 13:21 - begat
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And his concubine that was in Shechem,.... Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally taken from handmaids, and of the meaner sort, and were not in such esteem as proper wives, had not the management of household affairs, only a share in the bed, and their children did not inherit. This concubine of Gideon's seems not to have been taken into his house at all, but lived at Shechem, perhaps in her father's house, and here Gideon met with her when he went to Shechem as a judge to try causes; her name, according to Josephus l, was Druma:
she also bare him a son; as his other wives did; perhaps all the children he had were sons, and this was one over and above the seventy, and not to be reckoned into that number:
whose name he called Abimelech: which signifies, "my father a king"; which he gave him either in memory of the offer made him to be king of Israel, or through foresight of what this son of his would be; or he might be moved to it by the mother from pride and vanity, and which name might afterwards inspire the young man to be made a king, as he was; and the account given of his name is because of the narrative of him in the following chapter.
l Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Abimelech’s mother was not reckoned among the wives, being, probably, one of the Canaanite population in Shechem Judges 9:28 : neither was Abimelech himself reckoned with the 70 other sons of Jerubbaal (Judges 9:24. Compare Judges 11:1-2).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 8:31. His concubine — A lawful but secondary wife, whose children could not inherit.
Whose name he called Abimelech. — That is, my father is king, or my father hath reigned. This name was doubtless given by the mother, and so it should be understood here; she wished to raise her son to the supreme government, and therefore gave him a name which might serve to stimulate him to seek that which she hoped he should enjoy in his father's right. See the following chapter (Judges 9:0).
