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Hace 1 día · Uncover the tense story between Abraham and Abimelech! What sparked their conflict and how was peace restored? Dive into this ancient drama and share your th...
Hace 5 días · Bereshit (Genesis) - Chapter 20. 1 And Abraham traveled from there to the land of the south, and he dwelt between Kadesh and between Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister," and Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night ...
Hace 2 días · Abraham then reproached Abimelech due to his Philistine servant's aggressive attacks and the seizing of Abraham's Well. Abimelech claimed ignorance of the incident. Then Abraham offered a pact by providing sheep and oxen to Abimelech. Further, to attest that Abraham was the one who dug the well, he also gave Abimelech seven ewes for proof.
Hace 2 días · Abimelech’s death in Judges 9 is a striking story involving a millstone. A woman dropped a millstone from a tower, fatally striking Abimelech on the head, a vivid depiction of the millstone’s potential as an instrument of divine justice and retribution. Millstone in Hebrew.
Hace 1 día · Beersheba, biblical town of southern Israel, now a city and the main centre of the Negev (in Hebrew, Ha-Negev; in Arabic, al-Naqab) region. Beersheba, Israel. Beersheba is first mentioned as the site where Abraham, founder of the Jewish people, made a covenant with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar (Genesis 21).
Hace 3 días · Abimelech has been warned by his brother Jotham that if his ascension to the throne was not on the up-and-up, that if he had not acted faithfully, then may a fire consume Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem one onto the other (Judges 9:20). This prophecy or foretelling is called the Curse of Jotham.
Hace 2 días · The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering Ifriqiya, Transoxiana, Sind, the Maghreb and Hispania ( al-Andalus ). At its greatest extent, the Umayyad Caliphate covered 11,100,000 km 2 (4,300,000 sq mi), [1] making it one of the largest empires in history in terms of area. The dynasty was toppled by the Abbasids in 750.
