אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ

Abimelech· Achish· Ahimelech

1. Genesis 20:2אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · So Abimelech
   Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
2. Genesis 20:3אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · Abimelech
   One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
3. Genesis 20:4וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ · Now Abimelech
   Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
4. Genesis 20:8אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ · Abimelech
   Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
5. Genesis 20:9אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ · Then Abimelech
   Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
6. Genesis 20:10אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · Abimelech
   Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
7. Genesis 20:14אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ · So Abimelech
   So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
8. Genesis 20:15אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · And Abimelech
   And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
9. Genesis 20:17אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ · Abimelech
   Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
10. Genesis 20:18אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ · in Abimelech’s
    …for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
11. Genesis 21:22אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ · Abimelech
    At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
12. Genesis 21:25 (2×)אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ · to Abimelech; אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ · Abimelech’s
    But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
13. Genesis 21:26אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · Abimelech
    Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
14. Genesis 21:27לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ · to Abimelech
    So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
15. Genesis 21:29אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · and Abimelech
    …and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
16. Genesis 21:32אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ · Abimelech
    After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
17. Genesis 26:1אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ · Abimelech
    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.
18. Genesis 26:8אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · Abimelech
    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
19. Genesis 26:9אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ · Abimelech
    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
20. Genesis 26:10אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · Abimelech
    “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
21. Genesis 26:11אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · So Abimelech
    So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
22. Genesis 26:16אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · Then Abimelech
    Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
23. Genesis 26:26וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ · Later, Abimelech
    Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
24. Judges 8:31אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ · Abimelech
    His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
25. Judges 9:1אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ · Now Abimelech
    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,
26. Judges 9:3אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · Abimelech
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
27. Judges 9:4אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ · Abimelech
    So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
28. Judges 9:6אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · Abimelech
    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
29. Judges 9:16אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ · in making Abimelech
    Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
30. Judges 9:18אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ · and you have made Abimelech
    …but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
31. Judges 9:19בַּאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · in Abimelech
    …if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.
32. Judges 9:20 (2×)מֵאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · from Abimelech; אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ · Abimelech
    But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
33. Judges 9:21אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ · Abimelech
    Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
34. Judges 9:22אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ · After Abimelech
    After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
35. Judges 9:23 (2×)אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · Abimelech; בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ · to treat Abimelech
    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
36. Judges 9:24אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ · Abimelech
    …in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
37. Judges 9:25לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃פ · to Abimelech
    The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
38. Judges 9:27אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ · Abimelech
    And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
39. Judges 9:28אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ · is Abimelech
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
40. Judges 9:29 (2×)אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ · Abimelech; לַאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · to [him]
    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
41. Judges 9:31אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · Abimelech
    So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
42. Judges 9:34אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ · So Abimelech
    So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
43. Judges 9:35אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ · just as Abimelech
    Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
44. Judges 9:38אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ · is Abimelech
    “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
45. Judges 9:39בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ · against Abimelech
    So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
46. Judges 9:40אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ · but Abimelech
    …but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.