Abimelech

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. King of GerarGenesis 20Genesis 21:22–32
• 2. King of GerarGenesis 26
• 3. Son of GideonJudges 8:31Judges 92 Samuel 11:21
• 4. ABIMELECH
• See Achish
• See Ahimelech

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 20:1

   Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 20:12 voices

   “We have read from the book of Genesis the story where it is related that after the appearance of the three men, after the destruction of Sodom and the salvation of Lot, either due to his hospitality or because of his kinship to Abraham, "Abraham departed thence," the text says, "to the south" and came to the king of the Philistines. It is related also that he made an agreement with Sarah his wife that she should not say that she was Abraham's wife but his sister.

   “And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country,....

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2. Genesis 21:22–32

   At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:22–322 voices

   “(Verse 22.) And Abimelech and Phicol, the commanders of his army, said to his servants, 'Except Abimelech and Phicol, the third name mentioned here is not found in the Hebrew text.'

   “And it came to pass at that time,....

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3. Genesis 26:1

   Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 26:12 voices

   “And there was a famine in the land,....

   “- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק choq, “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, “law,” doctrine, system of moral truth. 10. עשׂק ‛êśeq, ‘Eseq, “strife.” 21. שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh, Sitnah, “opposition.” 22. רחבית rechobôt, Rechoboth, “room.” 26. אחזת 'ǎchuzat, Achuzzath, “possession.” 33. שׁבעה shı̂b‛âh, Shib’ah, “seven; oath.” 34. יהוּדית yehûdı̂yt, Jehudith, “praised.” בארי be'ērı̂y, Beeri, “of a well.” בשׂמת bāśemat, Basemath, “sweet smell.” אילן 'êylon, Elon, “oak.” This chapter presents the leading events in the quiet life of Isaac. It is probable that Abraham was now dead.

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4. Judges 8:31

   His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

   ›Commentary on Judges 8:312 voices

   “Abimelech’s mother was not reckoned among the wives, being, probably, one of the Canaanite population in Shechem Jdg 9:28: neither was Abimelech himself reckoned with the 70 other sons of Jerubbaal (Jdg 9:24. Compare Jdg 11:1-2).

   “And his concubine that was in Shechem,.... Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally taken from handmaids, and of the meaner sort, and were not in such esteem as proper wives, had not the management of household affairs, only a share in the bed, and their children did not inherit.

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5. Judges 9:1

   Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

   ›Commentary on Judges 9:12 voices

   “And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren,....

   “We are not told how soon after the death of Gideon these events happened. There must have been time for the apostacy and establishment of Baal-worship, and for the development of ill-will between Abimelech and his brethren.

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6. 2 Samuel 11:21

   Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:212 voices

   “Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?....

   “Who smote Abimelech ... - This reference indicates the existence in David’s time of the national annals of that period in an accessible form, and the king’s habit of reading, or having read to him, the history of his country. (Compare Est 6:1.)

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