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Abimelech

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Abimelech (əbĭm`əlĕk), in the Bible.

1 Name or title of a king of Gerar who had various dealings with Abraham and Isaac.

2 See Ahimelech 1 Priest at Nob, brother of, or perhaps the same as, Ahijah (2.) He befriended David, and Saul had him killed. In some passages his name is reversed with that of his son, Abiathar.

2 Hittite in David's camp.
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3 Son of Gideon. He murdered his 70 brothers, except Jotham, and became "king."


Abimelech
slew his 70 brothers to become ruler. [O.T.: Judges 9:5]
See : Murder


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When, for instance, a woman wounds Abimelech by dropping a millstone on his head--an act which shamed Abimelech--he "immediately cried out to his attendant, his armor-bearer, 'Draw your dagger and finish me off, that they may not say of me, "A woman killed him
In the book of Judges we read of an incident where Abimelech, after the conquest of a city, and the slaughter of all its inhabitants, not only destroyed the place but also sowed the land with salt so that nothing would ever grow again.
After the desert chieftain, Abimelech, demands that he remove his flocks and herds from the very land God has promised to his father Abraham, Isaac instantly surrenders.
 
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