Name Prefix:<NPFX> King
Nickname:<NICK> Abimelech ben Philistim
Also Known As:<_AKA> King of Gerar
A king of Gerar, he was told by Abraham that Sarah, Abraham's wife, wasAbraham's sister. After Abimelech took Sarah into his harem, he waswarned in a dream that Sarah was actually Abraham's wife, and that histaking Sarah was the cause of temporary sterility among Abimelech'speople and flocks. Indignant at Abraham's deceit, Abimelech sent Sarahback to her husband, gave him gifts, and asked him to leave. Later,after a squabble over a well, Abraham and Abimelech made a treaty atBeersheba. (Everyone in the Bible, by William P. Barker, 1966)