Abimelech - ܐܒܝܡܠܟ

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The Book of Judges describes Abimelech, king of Shechem, as epitome of an evil person who killed 70 of his 71 brothers. Joh. Eph., EH 2.27, compares the persecutor John Scholasticus to this king of the Old Testament.2

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  • ܐܒܝܡܠܟ1
  • Abimelech

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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 92, chapter: 3.2.27.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 David Noel Freedman (ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (New York: Anchor Bible, 1992)., p: I, 21.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 92.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Silvio Roggo, “Abimelech - ܐܒܝܡܠܟ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/5180.

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