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Abimelech

son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in Shechem (JDG 8:31) who killed his brothers

PersonTribe of Manassehmale36 verses
Immediate family, from BibleData — including relationships the source records as inferred. The full genealogy →

Names

  • Abimelech — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ aviymelekh “[my] father is king or [my] father is Molech” (H40) · Αβιμελεχ AbimelexJudges 8:31

Associations

  • chief of Zebul (inferred)

Dated events

  • Beginning of Abimelech's rule over Israel* — 2,841 AH · 1,236 BC (Ussher) — Judges 9:22
  • End of Abimelech's rule over Israel* — 2,844 AH · 1,233 BC (Ussher) — Judges 9:22

Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.

Named together

Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.

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