Abimelech
son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in Shechem (JDG 8:31) who killed his brothers
PersonTribe of Manassehmale36 verses
Names
- Abimelech — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ aviymelekh “[my] father is king or [my] father is Molech” (H40) · Αβιμελεχ Abimelex — Judges 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.
- Shechem — 18 shared verses
- Arumah — 2 shared verses
- Beth-millo — 2 shared verses
- Tower of Shechem — 2 shared verses
- Beer 2 — 1 shared verse
- Mount Zalmon — 1 shared verse
- Shamir 2 — 1 shared verse
- Thebez — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- Judges 8:31
- Judges 9:1
- Judges 9:3
- Judges 9:4
- Judges 9:6
- Judges 9:16
- Judges 9:18
- Judges 9:19
- Judges 9:20
- Judges 9:21
- Judges 9:22
- Judges 9:23
and 24 further references.