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:''This article refers to the tyrannical king of the Israelites during the era of the [[Judge (biblical)|Judges]]. For other uses, see [[Abimelech (disambiguation)]].''
'''Abimelech''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ''', father of the king) (r. 2804 AM–2807 AM, or 1200-1197 BC)<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd M., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, pp. 278-279</ref> was a natural son of [[Gideon]] by a concubine. After Gideon died, he seized power in [[Israel]] and ruled as a "king" for three years. He is remembered as a usurper and an oppressor of his own people.
'''Abimelech''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ''', father of the king) (r. 2804 AM–2807 AM, or 1200-1197 BC)<ref name=Jones>Jones, Floyd M., ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, pp. 278-279</ref> was a natural son of [[Gideon]] by a concubine. After Gideon died, he seized power in [[Israel]] and ruled as a "king" for three years. He is remembered as a usurper and an oppressor of his own people.