Judges 8:31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek.

English Standard Version
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

New American Standard Bible
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

King James Bible
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

International Standard Version
His mistress in Shechem bore him a son whom he named Abimelech.

American Standard Version
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.

Darby Bible Translation
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.

Young's Literal Translation
and his concubine, who is in Shechem, hath born to him -- even she -- a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.

Cross References

Judges 8:30
And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

Judges 8:32
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 9:1
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

Judges 9:18
And you are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, three score and ten persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

8:29-35 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 services, and resolve, after the Divine example, not to be overcome of evil, but to overcome evil with good.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 8:28. Midian Subdued.

28. Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel—This invasion of the Arab hordes into Canaan was as alarming and desolating as the irruption of the Huns into Europe. It was the severest scourge ever inflicted upon Israel; and both it and the deliverance under Gideon lived for centuries in the minds of the people (Ps 83:11).