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Abimelech
Facts
Abimelech was a Philistine king in the region of Gerar during the time when Abraham and Isaac were in the land of Canaan..
- Abraham deceived King Abimelech by telling him that Sarah was his sister rather than his wife.
- Abimelech took Sarah into his household, but returned her immediately when God appeared to him in a dream and rebuked him.
- Abraham and Abimelech made an agreement regarding disputed ownership of wells at Beersheba.
- Many years later, Abraham's son Isaac and his family settled in the region ruled by Abimelech.
- Another man by the name of Abimelech was a son of Gideon and a brother of Jotham. Some translations may use a slightly different spelling of his name to make it clear that he is a different person from King Abimelech.