אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Genesis 20:2

• אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

Genesis 20:3

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Genesis 20:4

• וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְvaavimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and 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.

Genesis 20:8

• אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

Genesis 20:9

• אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”

Genesis 20:10

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.

Genesis 20:14

• אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”

Genesis 20:15

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

Genesis 20:17

• אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

Genesis 20:18

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

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

Genesis 21:22

• אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

Genesis 21:25

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech
• אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

Genesis 21:26

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

Genesis 21:27

• לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְlaavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abimelech

and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

Genesis 21:29

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Genesis 21:32

• אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Genesis 26:1

• אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Genesis 26:8

• אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

Genesis 26:9

• אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

Genesis 26:10

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Genesis 26:11

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

Genesis 26:16

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

Genesis 26:26

• וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְvaavimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abimelech

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

Judges 8:31

• אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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,

Judges 9:1

• אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

Judges 9:3

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Judges 9:4

• אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Judges 9:6

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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—

Judges 9:16

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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—

Judges 9:18

• אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Judges 9:19

• בַּאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְbaavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in 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.”

Judges 9:20

• מֵאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְmeavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Abimelech
• אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

Judges 9:21

• אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,

Judges 9:22

• אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,

Judges 9:23

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech
• בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃baavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: with 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.

Judges 9:24

• אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Judges 9:25

• לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ פlaavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to 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.

Judges 9:27

• אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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?

Judges 9:28

• אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”

Judges 9:29

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech
• לַאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְlaavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of 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.

Judges 9:31

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

Judges 9:34

• אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

Judges 9:35

• אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: 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!”

Judges 9:38

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

Judges 9:39

• בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃baavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: against Abimelech

but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.

Judges 9:40

• אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

Judges 9:41

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.

Judges 9:42

• לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃laavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abimelech

Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

Judges 9:44

• וַאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְvaavimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abimelech

And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

Judges 9:45

• וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְvaavimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abimelech

And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,

Judges 9:47

• לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְlaavimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abimelech

he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

Judges 9:48

• אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech
• אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

Judges 9:49

• אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.

Judges 9:50

• אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.

Judges 9:52

• אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

Judges 9:53

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

Judges 9:55

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

Judges 9:56

• אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

Judges 10:1

• אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

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.’”

2 Samuel 11:21

• אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְʾavimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Abimelech

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;

1 Chronicles 18:16

• וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְvaavimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abimelech