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Abimelekh

Abimelekh in English , in Hebrew Avimelech, an ancient king of the Philistines who lived at the same time as the patriarch Isaac in the book of Genesis in the Bible . They clashed over territory and arrived at a covenant establsihing peace between their followers who were mainly shepherds.

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