ABDON [AB done] (service) — a name given to one city and four men:

1. A Levitical city in Asher (Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74), also called Ebron (Josh. 19:28).

2. A son of Hillel, a native of Pirathon in the tribe of Ephraim. He judged Israel eight years (Judg. 12:13–15).

3. A Benjamite who lived in Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:23).

4. The firstborn son of Jeiel from Maacah and an ancestor of King Saul (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:35–36).

5. A son of Micah who was sent by King Josiah to inquire of God about the Book of the Law found in the Temple (2 Chr. 34:20). Abdon is also called Achbor (2 Kin. 22:12).