English Standard Version
Judges 8:31
31And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
Judges 8:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
- New International Version (NIV)His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He also had a concubine in Shechem, who gave birth to a son, whom he named Abimelech.
Context of Judges 8:31
29Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. 32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.
Read all of Judges 8Judges 8:31 word by word
וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם יָֽלְדָה־לּ֥וֹ גַם־הִ֖יא בֵּ֑ן וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 8:31
- Judges 9:1Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,
- Genesis 16:15And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
- Genesis 22:24Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
- Judges 9:18and you have risen up against my father's house this day and have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative—
- Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Commentaries on Judges 8:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31His 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Abimelech‘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).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-35Verses 29-35 As soon as Gideon was dead, who kept the people to the worship of the God of Israel, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went after Baalim, and showed no kindness to the family of Gideon. No wonder if those who forget their God, forget their friends. Yet conscious of our own ingratitude to the Lord, and observing that of mankind in general, we should learn to be patient under any unkind returns we meet with for our poor…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31concubine: Refer to the study note on Judges 19:1.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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