"So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. [...] herefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there."
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Abimelech
Abimelech was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David. In the Book of Judges, Abimelech, son of Gideon (Judges 8:31) of the Tribe of Manasseh, is proclaimed king of Shechem after the death of his father (Judges 9:1-6).
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