Judges 9:1
Abimelech <040> [Abimelech.]
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
said <01696> [communed.]
Judges 9:4
temple <01004> [house.]
lawless <07386> [vain, etc.]
{Anashim raikim oophochozim,} "worthless and dissolute men;" persons who were living on the public, and had nothing to lose. Such was the foundation of his Babel government. By a cunning management of such unprincipled men most revolutions are brought about.
Judges 9:6
Beth <01004> [the house.]
Millo <04407> [Millo.]
Probably the name of a person of note in Shechem.
oak <0436> [plain. or, oak.]
Judges 9:19
happiness ....... happiness <08055> [rejoice.]
Judges 9:25
Judges 9:27
celebrated <01974> [merry. or, songs.]
temple <01004> [the house.]
ate <0398> [did eat.]
cursed <07043> [cursed.]
Judges 9:31
Arumah <08649> [privily. Heb. craftily, or, to Tormah. they fortify.]
Under pretence of repairing the walls and towers, they were actually putting the place in a state of defence, intending to seize on the government as soon as they found Abimelech coming against them.
Judges 9:35
Gaal <01603> [Gaal.]
Of this person we know no more than is here recorded. He was probably one of the descendants of the Canaanites, who hoped, from the state of the public mind and their disaffection to Abimelech, to cause a revolution, and thus to restore the ancient government as it was under Hamor, the father of Shechem. Josephus says he was a man of authority, who sojourned with them, with his armed men and kinsmen; and that the Shechemites desired that he would allow them a guard during the vintage.
men <05971> [the people.]
Judges 9:44
blocked ........... attacked <06584> [rushed forward.]
Judges 10:1
rose <06965> [A.M. 2772. B.C. 1232. An. Ex. Is. 259. arose.]
deliver <03467> [defend. or, deliver. Heb. save. Shamir.]
