First name Abimelech in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Abimelech is the name of the King of Gerar who took Sarah (GEN 20:2), as well as name of son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in Shechem (JDG 8:31) who killed his brothers and son of Jerubbesheth (2SA 11:21). Meaning of the name: father of the king. Related names are: Shechem, Abraham, Gaal . The translations of Abimelech in 23 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. (GEN 20:2)
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. (GEN 20:3)
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? (GEN 20:4)
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. (GEN 20:8)
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. (GEN 20:9)
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? (GEN 20:10)
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. (GEN 20:14)
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. (GEN 20:15)
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. (GEN 20:17)
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. (GEN 20:18)
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: (GEN 21:22)
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. (GEN 21:25)
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. (GEN 21:25)
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. (GEN 21:26)
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. (GEN 21:27)
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? (GEN 21:29)
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. (GEN 21:32)
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. (GEN 26:1)
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. (GEN 26:8)
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. (GEN 26:9)
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. (GEN 26:10)
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. (GEN 26:11)
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. (GEN 26:16)
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. (GEN 26:26)
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. (JDG 8:31)
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, (JDG 9:1)
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. (JDG 9:3)
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. (JDG 9:4)
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. (JDG 9:6)
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; (JDG 9:16)