abdon

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abdon - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Abdon
  servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge
  of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam.
  12:11.
  
    (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr.
  8:30; 9:36).
  
    (3.) The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the
  prophetess Huldah to ascertain from her the meaning of the
  recently discovered book of the law (2 Chr. 34:20). He is called
  Achbor in 2 Kings 22:12.
  
    (4.) One of the "sons" of Shashak (1 Chr. 8:23).
  
    This is the name also of a Levitical town of the Gershonites,
  in the tribe of Asher (Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74). The ruins of
  Abdeh, some 8 miles north-east of Accho, probably mark its site.