63 verses contain “Abimelech” (in the KJV: 61, in the BSB: 62) — showing 1–63
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And Abraham said of
Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of
Gerar sent, and took
Sarah.
Abraham said of his wife
Sarah, “She is my sister.” So
Abimelech king of
Gerar had
Sarah brought to him.
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.
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.”
But
Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord,
wilt thou
slay also a righteous nation?
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
And God said unto him in a dream,
Yea, I know that thou
didst this in the
integrity of thy heart; for I also
withheld thee from
sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Then God said to
Abimelech in the dream, “
Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from
sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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.
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.
Then
Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I
offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
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.”
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What
prompted you to do such a thing?”
And
Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him
Sarah his wife.
So
Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife
Sarah to him.
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God
healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God
healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of
Sarah Abraham’s wife.
for on account of Abraham’s wife
Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in
Abimelech’s household.
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
But when Abraham
complained to
Abimelech about a well that
Abimelech’s servants had seized,
And
Abimelech said, I
wot not who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until
today.”
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
And
Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven
ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
and
Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven
ewe lambs?”
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-
sheba: then
Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto
Abimelech king of the Philistines unto
Gerar.
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.
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was
sporting with
Rebekah his wife.
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.
And
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a
surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
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.”
And
Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have
lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
“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.”
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
So
Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “
Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Then
Abimelech went to him from
Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Later,
Abimelech came to Isaac from
Gerar, with Ahuzzath his
adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
And his
concubine that was in
Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called
Abimelech.
His
concubine, who dwelt in
Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him
Abimelech.
And
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,
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,
And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of
Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow
Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
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.”
And they gave him
threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of
Baal-berith,
wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
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.
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.
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.
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and
sincerely, in that ye have made
Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
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—
And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons,
threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made
Abimelech, the son of his
maidservant, king over the men of
Shechem, because he is your brother;)
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—
If ye then have dealt truly and
sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then
rejoice ye in
Abimelech, and let him also
rejoice in you:
if you have acted faithfully and
honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you
rejoice in
Abimelech, and he in you.
But if not, let fire come out from
Abimelech, and
devour the men of
Shechem, and the house of
Millo; and let fire come out from the men of
Shechem, and from the house of
Millo, and
devour Abimelech.
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
That the cruelty done to the
threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon
Abimelech their brother, which
slew them; and upon the men of
Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
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.
And the men of
Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they
robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told
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.
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and
trode the grapes, and made
merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and
cursed 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.
And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is
Abimelech, and who is
Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of
Shechem: for why should we serve him?
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?
And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
And he sent messengers unto
Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to
Shechem; and, behold, they
fortify the city against thee.
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.
And
Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against
Shechem in four companies.
So
Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against
Shechem in four companies.
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
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.
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth,
wherewith thou saidst, Who is
Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast
despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
“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!”
And Gaal went out before the men of
Shechem, and fought with
Abimelech.
So Gaal went out before the leaders of
Shechem and fought against
Abimelech,
And
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
And
Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in
Shechem.
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of
Shechem.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told
Abimelech.
The next day the people of
Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to
Abimelech.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And it was told
Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together.
And when
Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of
Shechem were gathered there,
And
Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and
Abimelech took an
axe in his hand, and cut down a
bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make
haste, and do as I have done.
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.”
And all the people likewise cut down every man his
bough, and followed
Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of
Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
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.
Then went
Abimelech to Thebez, and
encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Then
Abimelech went to Thebez,
encamped against it, and captured it.
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
And a certain woman cast a piece of a
millstone upon
Abimelech’s head, and all to
brake his skull.
Then he called
hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and
slay me, that men say not of me, A woman
slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
He quickly called his
armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So
Abimelech’s
armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of
Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in
slaying his seventy brethren:
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
And after
Abimelech there arose to defend Israel
Tola the son of Puah, the son of
Dodo, a man of
Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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.
Who
smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a
millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye
nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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.’”
And
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and
Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was
scribe;
