# 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.