See also:

• ABIMELECH (Hebrew for "father of [or is] the king ")

ABIMELECH (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for "See also:

• FATHER

father of [or is] the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king ")  . (1) A See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Gerar in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine with whom See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac, in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, had relations . The See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch, during his sojourn there, alleged that his wife Rebekah was his See also:

• SISTER

sister, but the king doubting this remonstrated with him and pointed out how easily See also:

• ADULTERY (from Lat. adulterium)

adultery might have been unintentionally committed (Gen. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi.) . See also:

• ABIMELECH (Hebrew for "father of [or is] the king ")

Abimelech is called " king of the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines," but the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is clearly an See also:

• ANACHRONISM (from ava, back, and xpovor, time)

anachronism . A very similar See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is told of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham and Sarah (ch. xx.), but here Abimelech takes Sarah to wife, although he is warned by a divine See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision before the See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime is actually committed . The incident is See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller and shows a See also:

• GREAT

great advance in ideas of morality . Of a more See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, however, is another parallel story of Abraham at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• PHARAOH (Par'oh)

Pharaoh, king of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt (xii . 10-20), where Sarah his wife is taken into the royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, and the plagues sent by Yahweh See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the truth . Further incidents in Isaac's See also:

• LIFE

life at Gerar are narrated in "Gen. xxvi . (cp. xxi . 22-34, See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Abraham), notably a See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

covenant with Abimelech at See also:

• BEER

Beer-sheba (whence the name is explained " well of the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath "); (see ABRAHAM) . By a pure See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error, or perhaps through a confusion in the traditions, Achish the See also:

• PHILISTINE

Philistine (of See also:

• GATH

Gath, 1 Sam. xxi., See also:

• XXVII

xxvii.), to whom See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David fled, is called Abimelech in the superscription to See also:

• PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

Psalm xxxiv .

(2) A son of Jerubbaal or See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon (q.v.), by his Shechemite concubine (See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges viii . 31, ix.) . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Gideon, Abimelech set himself to assert the authority which his See also:

• FATHER

father had earned, and through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan won over the citizens of See also:

• SHECHEM (mod. Nablus)

Shechem . Furnished with See also:

• MONEY

money from the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• BAAL

Baal-berith, he hired a See also:

• BAND

band of followers and slew seventy (cp . 2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings x . 7) of his brethren at Ophrah, his father's See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . This is one of the earliest recorded instances of a practice See also:

• COMMON

common enough on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental despots . Abimelech thus became king, and extended his authority over central Palestine . But his success was See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived, and the subsequent discord between Abimelech and the Shechemites was regarded as a just See also:

• REWARD

reward for his atrocious See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre . Jotham, the only one who is said to have escaped, boldly appeared on See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• GERIZIM

Gerizim and denounced the ingratitude of the townsmen towards the legitimate sons of the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who had saved them from MVIidian . " Jotham's See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

fable " of the trees who desired a king may be See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign to the context; it is a piece of popular See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore, and cannot be pressed too far: the nobler trees have no wish to See also:

• RULE

rule over others, only the bramble is self-confident . The " fable " appears to be antagonistic to ideas of See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy .

The origin of the conflicts which subsequently arose is not clear . Gaal, a new-comer, took the opportun'ty at the time of the vintage, when there was a festival in the temple, to See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head a revolt and seized Shechem . Abimelech, warned by his See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy Zebul, See also:

• LEFT

left his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Arumah and approached the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . In a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• BIT (from the verb " to bite," either in the sense of a piece bitten off, or an act of biting, or a thing that bites or is bitten)

bit of See also:

• REALISM (from Low Lat. realis, appertaining to res, things, as opposed to ideas and imaginations)

realism we are told how Gaal observed the approaching foe and was told by Zebul, " You see the See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of the hills as men," and as they See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew nearer Zebul's ironical remark became a taunt, " Where is now thy mouth ? is not this the See also:

• PEOPLE

people See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

thou didst despise ? go now and fight them!" This revolt, which Abimelech successfully quelled, appears to be only an isolated See also:

• EPISODE

episode . Another See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account tells of marauding bands of Shechemites which disturbed the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . The king disposed his men (the whole See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter is specially interesting for the. full details it gives of the nature of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient military operations), and after totallydestroying Shechem, proceeded against Thebez, whith had also revolted . Here, while storming the citadel, he was struck on the head by a fragment of a millstone thrown from the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall by a woman . To avoid the disgrace of perishing by a woman's See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, he begged his See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour-See also:

• BEARER

bearer to run him through the See also:

• BODY

body, but his memory was not saved from the ignominy he dreaded (2 Sam. xi . 21) . It is usual to regard Abimelech's reign as the first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to establish a monarchy in See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, but the story is mainly that of the rivalries of a See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and of the ingratitude of a community towards the descendants of its deliverer . (See, further, See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEws, JUDGES.) (S . A .