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	Abimelech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abimelech or Avimelech (אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ "father/leader of a king; my father/leader, a king", Standard Hebrew Aviméleḫ / Avimáleḫ, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĂḇîméleḵ / ʼĂḇîmāleḵ) was a common name of the Philistine kings, much as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings.
		Abimelech (Judges), a son of Gideon (Judges 9:1), who was proclaimed king after the death of his father (Judges 8:33-9:6).
		Abimelech's name has three main translations, though none treats the name as being completely Hebrew, and all are slightly contorted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abimelech (386 words)

	Abimelech (Judges) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Abimelech", a name claiming the inherited right to rule, was also a common name of the Philistine kings.
		Abimelech ruled but three years in Shechem after the death of his father (Judges 8:33-9:6).
		Perceiving that the wound was mortal, he desired his armor-bearer to thrust him through with his sword, that it might not be said he had perished by the hand of a woman (Judges 9:50-57).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abimelech_(Judges) (268 words)

	Abimelech
		Abimelech (my father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings.)
		As a mark of respect he gave to Abraham valuable gifts, and offered him a settlement in any part of his country; while at the same time he delicately and yet severely rebuked him for having practised a deception upon him in pretending that Sarah was only his sister.
		Abimelech afterwards visited him when he was encamped at Beer-sheba, and expressed a desire to renew the covenant which had been entered into between their fathers (Genesis 26:26-31).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ab/Abimelech.html (441 words)

	Touchstone Archives: Abimelech in Love
		Abimelech should have known that this was not a smart move.
		Second, Abimelech was wrong to take at face value the assertion, “She is my sister.” That was one of Abraham’s old tricks to avoid getting his throat slit by other men who, it appears, were forever falling in love with his unusually attractive wife.
		Abimelech argued his innocence, a point the Lord conceded, and in the morning Sarah was returned, untouched, to her husband.
	www.touchstonemag.com /archives/article.php?id=18-01-060-c (808 words)

	Judges 9 - The Rise and Fall of Abimelech
		Then Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city; and the other two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and killed them.
		And Abimelech took an ax in his hand and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it and laid it on his shoulder; then he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, make haste and do as I have done.
		Abimelech came as far as the tower and fought against it: After his brutal victory at the tower of Shechem, Abimelech probably thought he was an expert at "tower attack." He went to Thebez and attacked the city and the tower there.
	www.enduringword.com /commentaries/0709.htm (2370 words)

	Love The Lord Judges Lesson 10
		Abimelech's mother was from the tribe of Ephraim.
		Judges 9:6 "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." Millo was a strong fortification near Shechem.
		Abimelech's mother was of the tribe of ___________.
	www.lovethelord.com /books/judges/10.html (1134 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: Bible Discovery - Abimelech
		But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman." (Genesis 20:3)
		Abimelech was also alarmed by his prosperity and growing power and told him to move on, though later, when Isaac was encamped at Beersheba, he visited him and the two made a peace treaty.
		Abimelech: (means "father of the king") Name or title of a king of Gerar who had various dealings with Abraham and Isaac.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /biblediscovery/abimelech.asp (490 words)

	Chapter 20
		It might also be, that king Abimelech was less attracted by the elegance of her form, than by the rare virtues with which he saw her, as a matron, to be endued.
		The sum of the address is of this tendency; to teach Abimelech, that Abraham was alike free from malicious cunning, and from falsehood: and then, that because he was passing a wandering and unquiet life; Sarah, by agreement, had always said the same thing which she had done in Gerar.
		For when Abimelech had given a thousand pieces of silver; in order that his liberality might not be suspected, he declare6 that he had given them to Abraham; and that since Abraham had been honorably received, his wife was not to be regarded as a harlot.
	www.ccel.org /c/calvin/comment3/comm_vol01/htm/xxvi.htm (5884 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - ABIMELECH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		When, therefore, Michael, Abraham's guardian angel, descended from heaven and wanted to kill Abimelech with his sword, the latter could plead in his defense that he was ignorant of the criminal character of his deed and had acted with good intentions (Pirḳe R. El.
		Another occasion on which Abraham's conduct toward Abimelech incurs the reproach of the Haggadah is that of the consummation of the league of friendship between them, which was to continue in effect for four generations.
		God said to Abraham: "Thou hast given seven lambs to Abimelech in concluding the league of friendship with him; by thy life, for seven generations shall I retard the joy of thy off-spring; from Abraham unto Moses.
	jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=305&letter=A&search=abimelech (592 words)

	Bible History 5.4: Abimelech ben Gideon
		Abimelech took advantage of his father's fame, and sought the political support of his mother's relatives.
		As the official treasurers, they were in a position to disburse a pile of silver to Abimelech to secure his ascendency over the rest of Gideon's sons.
		Gaal had issued a challenge to Abimelech, and expected to have a fair chance to see what he was up against before he decided to fight or flee.
	ed.asisaid.com /bible/bibhist/bibhist30.html (1807 words)

	Abimelech - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		It is quite possible that Abimelech was the royal title rather than the personal name, since in the title of Psalms 34 we find it applied to the king of Gath, elsewhere known by his personal name, Achish (1 Samuel 27:2,3).
		While sojourning at Gerar, the city of Abimelech, king of the Philistine country, he made believe that Sarah was his sister (Genesis 20:2), and Abimelech took her, intending to make her one of his wives.
		After Abimelech had reproved Abraham most justly for the deception, he dealt generously with him, loading him with presents and granting him the liberty of the land (Genesis 20:14,15).
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T61 (711 words)

	Judg. 9
		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,
		And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
		And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
	scriptures.lds.org /judg/9 (1561 words)

	SHECHEM & CHRONOLOGY
		When Abimelech was grown, he entered into a conspiracy with the men of Shechem to kill all of the sons of Gideon.
		Evidently, Abimelech was prepared to defeat an army in the open, but the gate of the city was too strong for the forces he had on the field, so he was only able to chase Gaal’s army to the gate.
		Thus, the sowing of the city with salt by Abimelech may have stopped the city from growing again for a long time, but it did not stop the farmers from using the tell as a place to grow their crops, salt or no salt.
	vernerable.tripod.com /shechem.htm (9410 words)

	Love The Lord Judges Lesson 11
		Judges 9:41 "And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem." Gaal and his men were defeated, and Zebul threw the remainder of them out of the city.
		Judges 9:52 "And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire." They were trying to break a hole in the bottom of the tower, so they could set it on fire.
		Judges 9:56 "Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:" This unusual death was punishment from God on Abimelech, for killing his 70 brothers, except Jotham.
	www.lovethelord.com /books/judges/11.html (1770 words)

	Bob Jones and Paul Keith Davis THE GRACE OF ABIMELECH FOR OUR PRESIDENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married."
		In this experience the Lord warned Abimelech that he and all that he owned were as good as dead because of the woman he had taken into his home.
		The Lord told Abimelech that Sarah is married, therefore to touch her and her spiritual destiny would be a grave sin resulting in the entire nation suffering the consequences.
	www.bobjones.org /articles/grace_of_abimelech_for_our_presi.htm (1922 words)

	Abimelech
		One day Abimelech spoke to his brothers and asked them to speak to the men of (the city of) Shechem and ask them whether it would be better to have one man rule over them or 70 men rule over them.
		When Abimelech had reigned for three years over Israel, God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem, and the men of Shechem set men in the top of the mountains and robbed everyone that came by, and Abimelech was told about it.
		But the next day Abimelech was told that Gaal was gone, so he took the people and divided them into three companies and laid wait in the field, and saw the people coming our of the city, and he rose up against them and killed them.
	littlelambsministry.freeservers.com /storyAbimelech.htm (635 words)

	Abraham misled king Abimelech saying that Sarah was his sister
		3 ¶ 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.
		8 ¶ 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.
		From the context, and choosing "it," an optional reading instead of "he," and understanding the "covering" to mean forgiveness, we conclude that this was Abimelech's polite way to say that he considered the matter settled.
	www.bibleexplained.com /moses/Gene/ge20.html (765 words)

	Judges 9
		Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.
		Abimelech was told that all the lords of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.
		Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.
	www.hope.edu /academic/religion/bandstra/BIBLE/JDG/JDG9.HTM (1469 words)

	USCCB - NAB - Judges 9
		This was to repay the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal and to avenge their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and upon the citizens of Shechem, who encouraged him to kill his brothers.
		Abimelech and the company with him dashed in and stood by the entrance of the city gate, while the other two companies rushed upon all who were in the field and attacked them.
		Abimelech came up to the tower and fought against it, advancing to the very entrance of the tower to set it on fire.
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible/judges/judges9.htm (1626 words)

	Judges 9:52 Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it
		Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
		And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
		And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
	bible.cc /judges/9-52.htm (289 words)

	Lessons In Genesis: Chapters 19-21
		We are told that Abraham is a "prophet" and Abimelech is a "king".
		God appeared to Abimelech in a _________________ by ____________ and said, "Behold, thou art a _________________ man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's _________."
		Abimelech's servants stole a _________________ of __________________ from Abraham.
	www.svic.net /mikellc/gen19-22.htm (656 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Abimelech took Sarah into his house, but God warned Abimelech in a dream of the night that Sarah was married, and that Abimelech was a dead man. Recall from that account that Abimelech protested, arguing his integrity and his innocence in the matter, and God relented.
		Abimelech spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.” That is more than just typical diplomatic flattery.
		Abimelech had watched as Abraham prayed to God, and had seen how God healed Abimelech, his wives and his maids.
	home.earthlink.net /~delou/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/spiritualmaturityfatherabraham.doc (1693 words)

	John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
		It seems that though the mother of Abimelech lived at Shechem, he was taken and brought up in his father's house at Ophrah, where he was when he died; and from hence he came to Shechem, to pay a visit to his uncles there; whether his mother was now living, is not certain:
		Abimelech got the better of him in the battle, and obliged him to give way, and he pursued him closely as he was fleeing:
		upon Abimelech's head, and all to break his skull; she did it with that view, though it may as well be rendered, or "she," or "it broke his skull" {r}; it made a fracture in it, which was mortal.
	eword.gospelcom.net /comments/judges/gill/judges9.htm (3886 words)

	Abimelech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The deal with his son, Abimelech, was a negative turning point for the nation
		Abimelech did not want it said that a woman had killed him.
		The followers of Abimelech (here identified as Israelites) went home when they saw that he was dead.
	www.felidachristianfellowship.org /studies/judges/abimelech.htm (235 words)

	King Abimelech
		This is also indicated by the name of one of his sons, whom he actually gave the royal title of Abimelech (verse 31), which means "My Father Is King"—and Abimelech's remarks indicate that Gideon's 70 sons were placed in important positions of leadership (compare 9:1-2).
		His first action was to gain the support of his mother's influential Shechemite family, who saw that if Abimelech reigned in Israel, they would likely obtain high posts in the new government and all the benefits that went with them.
		In the case of Abimelech, all God had to do was break the league between the Shechemites and Abimelech.
	www.ucgstp.org /bible/brp/jud9.htm (766 words)

	And God Came to Abimelech in a Dream
		Genesis 20 records one of the doublets that tell of Abraham's habit of passing his wife Sarah off as his sister when they were living among strangers, this time in the city of Gerar.
		But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.
		Abraham had lied about his relationship to Sarah and had passed her off as his sister, but now Abimelech was the one who was in hot water, the one who was described as "a dead man," specifically because of Sarah whom he had taken, believing she was an unmarried woman.
	www.infidels.org /library/magazines/tsr/1994/1/1dream94.html (1604 words)

	SAB, Judges 9
		9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
		9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
		9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
	www.skepticsannotatedbible.com /jg/9.html (1749 words)

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