Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
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Glossary
- Abimelech Person
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My father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian kings. (1. ) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham ( Gen. 20:1-18 ).
- Thebez Place
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Brightness, a place some 11 miles north-east of Shechem, on the road to Scythopolis, the modern Tabas. Modern identification: Tubas.