Discovery BoxJudges 8:31--9:4
And his concubine
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<06370>
that [was] in Shechem
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him a son
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whose name
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<08034>
Abimelech
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{called: Heb. set}<040>_.
And Gideon
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the son
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<01121>
of Joash
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<03101>
in a good
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<02896>
old age
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in the sepulchre
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<06913>
of Joash
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<03101>
his father
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<01>_,
in Ophrah
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<06084>
of the Abiezrites
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And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon
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<01439>
that the children
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<01121>
of Israel
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after
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<0310>
Baalim
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Baalberith
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<01170>
their god
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<0430>_.
And the children
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<01121>
of Israel
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<03478>
not the LORD
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<03068>
their God
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<0430>_,
them out of the hands
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on every side
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they kindness
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to the house
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<01004>
of Jerubbaal
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[namely], Gideon
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according to all the goodness
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<02896>
unto Israel
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And Abimelech
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<040>
the son
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<01121>
of Jerubbaal
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<03378>
to Shechem
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<07927>
unto his mother's
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<0517>
brethren
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with them, and with all the family
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<04940>
of the house
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<01004>
of his mother's
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<0517>
father
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I pray you, in the ears
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<0241>
of all the men
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<01167>
of Shechem
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Whether [is] better
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<02896>
for you, either that all the sons
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<01121>
of Jerubbaal
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<03378>_,
[which are] threescore and ten
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<07657>
persons
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<0376>_,
over you, or that one
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<0259>
also that I [am] your bone
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and your flesh
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{Whether...: Heb. What is good? whether, etc}<01320>_.
