Abimelech (Judges)
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Abimelech or Abimelek was the king of Shechem and the tribal territory of Manasseh, and a son of biblical judge Gideon. His name can best be interpreted as "my father is king", claiming the inherited
Gustave Doré, The Death of Abimelech
Gideon
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Gideon also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth was an Israelite shopeṭ, military leader, and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is described in Judges 6–8 in the Hebrew Bible.
Abimelech (Judges)
…Gideon. His name can best be interpreted as "my father is king", claiming the inherited right to rule. He is introduced in Judges 8:31 as the son of Gideon and his Shechemite concubine, and the biblical account of his reign is described in chapter nine of the Book of Judges. According to the Bible, he was…
Gideon and the Fleece (1550) by Maarten van Heemskerck
Gideon thanking God for the Miracle of the Dew, painting by Maarten van Heemskerck (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg)
Gideon's fleece, as symbol of Mary, in a "Hunt of the Unicorn Annunciation" (c. 1500) from a Netherlandish book of hours. For the complicated iconography, see Hortus Conclusus.