Abimelech Abim'elech Agreement Army Beersheba Beer-sheba Captain Chief Commander Covenant Forces Host Phichol Phicol Philistines Returned Riseth Rose Thus Turn
21:32 Thus they made a {m} covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
(m) Thus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God.
21:22-34 Abimelech felt sure that the promises of God would be fulfilled to Abraham. It is wise to connect ourselves with those who are blessed of God; and we ought to requite kindness to those who have been kind to us. Wells of water are scarce and valuable in eastern countries. Abraham took care to have his title to the well allowed, to prevent disputes in future. No more can be expected from an honest man than that he be ready to do right, as soon as he knows he has done wrong. Abraham, being now in a good neighbourhood, stayed a great while there. There he made, not only a constant practice, but an open profession of his religion. There he called on the name of the Lord, as the everlasting God; probably in the grove he planted, which was his place of prayer. Abraham kept up public worship, in which his neighbours might join. Good men should do all they can to make others so. Wherever we sojourn, we must neither neglect nor be ashamed of the worship of Jehovah.
Abimelech Abim'elech Army Beersheba Beer-Sheba Captain Chief Commander Covenant Forces Head Host Phichol Phicol Philistines Riseth Rose Turn
Abimelech Abim'elech Army Beersheba Beer-Sheba Captain Chief Commander Covenant Forces Head Host Phichol Phicol Philistines Riseth Rose Turn
