Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Abimelech’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Abimelech’ occurs 49 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Abimelech’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 20:2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.Genesis 20:2
Genesis 20:3 Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: “Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband.”Genesis 20:3
Genesis 20:4 In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?Genesis 20:4
Genesis 20:8 And immediately Abimelech, rising up in the night, called all his servants. And he spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were very afraid.Genesis 20:8
Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called also for Abraham, and he said to him: “What have you done to us? How have we sinned against you, so that you would bring so great a sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to us what you ought not to have done.”Genesis 20:9
Genesis 20:14 Therefore, Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.Genesis 20:14
Genesis 20:17 Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.Genesis 20:17
Genesis 20:18 For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.Genesis 20:18
Genesis 21:22 At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that you do.Genesis 21:22
Genesis 21:25 And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.Genesis 21:25
Genesis 21:26 And Abimelech responded, “I do not know who did this thing, but you also did not reveal it to me, nor have I heard of it, before today.”Genesis 21:26
Genesis 21:27 And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.Genesis 21:27
Genesis 21:33 Then Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, rose up, and they returned to the land of the Palestinians. In truth, Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord God Eternal.Genesis 21:33
Genesis 26:1 Then, when a famine arose over the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar.Genesis 26:1
Genesis 26:8 And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place, Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window, saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.Genesis 26:8
Genesis 26:10 And Abimelech said: “Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us.” And he instructed all the people, saying,Genesis 26:10
Genesis 26:16 It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac, “Move away from us, for you have become very much more powerful than we.”Genesis 26:16
Genesis 26:26 When Abimelech, and Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the leader of the military, had arrived from Gerar to that place,Genesis 26:26
Number of the word / term Abimelech in Genesis: 18
Bible passages with ‘Abimelech’ in the book Judges
Judges 8:31 But his concubine, whom he had in Shechem, bore him a son named Abimelech.Judges 8:31
Judges 9:1 Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem, to his maternal brothers, and he spoke to them, and to all the relatives of the house of his maternal grandfather, saying:Judges 9:1
Judges 9:3 And his maternal brothers spoke about him to all the men of Shechem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying, “He is our brother.”Judges 9:3
Judges 9:6 Then all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the families of the city of Millo, and they went and appointed Abimelech as king, beside the oak that stood at Shechem.Judges 9:6
Judges 9:16 So now, if you are upright and without sin in appointing Abimelech as a king over you, and if you have acted well with Jerubbaal, and with his house, and if you have repaid, in turn, the benefits of him who fought on your behalf,Judges 9:16
Judges 9:18 though you now have risen up against my father’s house, and have killed his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have appointed Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, as a king over the inhabitants of Shechem, since he is your brother,Judges 9:18
Judges 9:19 if therefore you are upright and have acted without fault with Jerubbaal and his house, then you should rejoice on this day in Abimelech, and he should rejoice in you.Judges 9:19
Judges 9:20 But if you have acted perversely, may fire go forth from him and consume the inhabitants of Shechem and the town of Millo. And may fire go forth from the men of Shechem and from the town of Millo, and devour Abimelech.”Judges 9:20
Judges 9:21 And when he had said these things, he fled and went away to Beer. And he lived in that place, out of fear of Abimelech, his brother.Judges 9:21
Judges 9:22 And so Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.Judges 9:22
Judges 9:23 And the Lord put a very grievous spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Shechem, who began to detest him,Judges 9:23
Judges 9:24 and to place blame for the crime of the killing of the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for the shedding of their blood, upon Abimelech, their brother, and upon the rest of the leaders of the Shechemites, who assisted him.Judges 9:24
Judges 9:25 And they stationed an ambush against him at the summit of the mountains. And while they were waiting for his arrival, they committed robberies, taking spoils from those passing by. And this was reported to Abimelech.Judges 9:25
Judges 9:27 departed into the fields, laying waste to the vineyards, and trampling the grapes. And while singing and dancing, they entered into the shrine of their god. And while feasting and drinking, they cursed Abimelech.Judges 9:27
Judges 9:28 And Gaal, the son of Ebed, cried out: “Who is Abimelech, and what is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, who has appointed Zebul, his servant, as ruler over the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem? Why then should we serve him?Judges 9:28
Judges 9:29 I wish that someone would set this people under my hand, so that I might take away Abimelech from their midst.” And it was told to Abimelech, “Gather the multitude of an army, and approach.”Judges 9:29
Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers secretly to Abimelech, saying: “Behold, Gaal, the son of Ebed, has arrived at Shechem with his brothers, and he has set the city against you.Judges 9:31
Judges 9:34 And so Abimelech rose up, with all his army, by night, and he set ambushes near Shechem in four places.Judges 9:34
Judges 9:35 And Gaal, the son of Ebed, went out, and he stood at the entrance to the gate of the city. Then Abimelech rose up, and all the army with him, from the places of the ambushes.Judges 9:35
Judges 9:38 And Zebul said to him: “Where is your mouth now, with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people that you were despising? Go out and fight against him.”Judges 9:38
Judges 9:39 Therefore, Gaal went out, with the people of Shechem watching, and he fought against Abimelech,Judges 9:39
Judges 9:41 And Abimelech made camp at Arumah. But Zebul expelled Gaal and his companions from the city, and he would not permit them to remain in it.Judges 9:41
Judges 9:42 Therefore, on the following day, the people departed into the field. And when this had been reported to Abimelech,Judges 9:42
Judges 9:45 Now Abimelech assaulted the city all that day. And he seized it, and he killed its inhabitants, and he destroyed it, so much so that he scattered salt in it.Judges 9:45
Judges 9:50 Then Abimelech, setting out from there, arrived at the town of Thebez, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.Judges 9:50
Judges 9:52 And Abimelech, drawing near the tower, fought valiantly. And approaching the gate, he strove to set it on fire.Judges 9:52
Judges 9:53 And behold, one woman, throwing a fragment of a millstone from above, struck the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.Judges 9:53
Judges 9:56 And so did God repay the evil that Abimelech had done against his father by killing his seventy brothers.Judges 9:56
Judges 10:1 After Abimelech, a leader rose up in Israel, Tola, the son of Puah, the paternal uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who lived in Shamir on mount Ephraim.Judges 10:1
Number of the word / term Abimelech in Judges: 29
Bible passages with ‘Abimelech’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 11:21 Who struck down Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal? Did not a woman throw a fragment of a millstone upon him from the wall, and so kill him at Thebez? Why did you approach beside the wall?’ then you shall say: ‘Your servant Uriah, the Hittite, also lies dead.’ ”2 Samuel 11:21
Number of the word / term Abimelech in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Abimelech’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 34:1 To David, when he changed his appearance in the sight of Abimelech, and so he dismissed him, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth.Psalm 34:1
Number of the word / term ‘Abimelech’ in Psalm: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 49
