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Judges 9:1-38

9:1

And Abimelech
<040>

the son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>

went
<03212> (8799)

to Shechem
<07927>

unto his mother's
<0517>

brethren
<0251>_,

and communed
<01696> (8762)

with them, and with all the family
<04940>

of the house
<01004>

of his mother's
<0517>

father
<01>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

9:2

Speak
<01696> (8761)_,

I pray you, in the ears
<0241>

of all the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

Whether [is] better
<02896>

for you, either that all the sons
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

[which are] threescore and ten
<07657>

persons
<0376>_,

reign
<04910> (8800)

over you, or that one
<0259>

reign
<04910> (8800)

over you? remember
<02142> (8804)

also that I [am] your bone
<06106>

and your flesh
<01320>_.

{Whether...: Heb. What is good? whether, etc}

9:3

And his mother's
<0517>

brethren
<0251>

spake
<01696> (8762)

of him in the ears
<0241>

of all the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

all these words
<01697>_:

and their hearts
<03820>

inclined
<05186> (8799)

to follow
<0310>

Abimelech
<040>_;

for they said
<0559> (8804)_,

He [is] our brother
<0251>_.

{to follow: Heb. after}

9:4

And they gave
<05414> (8799)

him threescore and ten
<07657>

[pieces] of silver
<03701>

out of the house
<01004>

of Baalberith
<01170>_,

wherewith Abimelech
<040>

hired
<07936> (8799)

vain
<07386>

and light
<06348> (8802)

persons
<0582>_,

which followed
<03212> (8799)

him
<0310>_.

9:5

And he went
<0935> (8799)

unto his father's
<01>

house
<01004>

at Ophrah
<06084>_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

his brethren
<0251>

the sons
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

[being] threescore and ten
<07657>

persons
<0376>_,

upon one
<0259>

stone
<068>_:

notwithstanding yet Jotham
<03147>

the youngest
<06996>

son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>

was left
<03498> (8735)_;

for he hid
<02244> (8738)

himself.

9:6

And all the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

gathered together
<0622> (8735)_,

and all the house
<01004>

of Millo
<04407> (8677) <01037>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)_,

and made
<04427> (8686)

Abimelech
<040>

king
<04428>_,

by the plain
<0436>

of the pillar
<05324> (8716)

that [was] in Shechem
<07927>_.

{plain: or, oak}

9:7

And when they told
<05046> (8686)

[it] to Jotham
<03147>_,

he went
<03212> (8799)

and stood
<05975> (8799)

in the top
<07218>

of mount
<02022>

Gerizim
<01630>_,

and lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his voice
<06963>_,

and cried
<07121> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto me, ye men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

that God
<0430>

may hearken
<08085> (8799)

unto you.

9:8

The trees
<06086>

went forth
<01980> (8804) (8676) <01980> (8800)

[on a time] to anoint
<04886> (8800)

a king
<04428>

over them; and they said
<0559> (8799)

unto the olive tree
<02132>_,

Reign
<04427> (8798)

thou over us.

9:9

But the olive tree
<02132>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Should I leave
<02308> (8804)

my fatness
<01880>_,

wherewith by me they honour
<03513> (8762)

God
<0430>

and man
<0582>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to be promoted
<05128> (8800)

over the trees
<06086>_?

{go...: or, go up and down for other trees}

9:10

And the trees
<06086>

said
<0559> (8799)

to the fig tree
<08384>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)

over us.

9:11

But the fig tree
<08384>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Should I forsake
<02308> (8804)

my sweetness
<04987>_,

and my good
<02896>

fruit
<08570>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to be promoted
<05128> (8800)

over the trees
<06086>_?

9:12

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the trees
<06086>

unto the vine
<01612>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)

over us.

9:13

And the vine
<01612>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Should I leave
<02308> (8804)

my wine
<08492>_,

which cheereth
<08055> (8764)

God
<0430>

and man
<0582>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to be promoted
<05128> (8800)

over the trees
<06086>_?

9:14

Then said
<0559> (8799)

all the trees
<06086>

unto the bramble
<0329>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

thou, [and] reign
<04427> (8798)

over us. {bramble: or, thistle}

9:15

And the bramble
<0329>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the trees
<06086>_,

If in truth
<0571>

ye anoint
<04886> (8802)

me king
<04428>

over you, [then] come
<0935> (8798)

[and] put your trust
<02620> (8798)

in my shadow
<06738>_:

and if not, let fire
<0784>

come out
<03318> (8799)

of the bramble
<0329>_,

and devour
<0398> (8799)

the cedars
<0730>

of Lebanon
<03844>_.

9:16

Now therefore, if ye have done
<06213> (8804)

truly
<0571>

and sincerely
<08549>_,

in that ye have made Abimelech
<040>

king
<04427> (8686)_,

and if ye have dealt
<06213> (8804)

well
<02896>

with Jerubbaal
<03378>

and his house
<01004>_,

and have done
<06213> (8804)

unto him according to the deserving
<01576>

of his hands
<03027>_;

9:17

(For my father
<01>

fought
<03898> (8738)

for you, and adventured
<07993> (8686)

his life
<05315>

far
<05048>_,

and delivered
<05337> (8686)

you out of the hand
<03027>

of Midian
<04080>_:

{adventured...: Heb. cast his life}

9:18

And ye are risen up
<06965> (8804)

against my father's
<01>

house
<01004>

this day
<03117>_,

and have slain
<02026> (8799)

his sons
<01121>_,

threescore and ten
<07657>

persons
<0376>_,

upon one
<0259>

stone
<068>_,

and have made Abimelech
<040>_,

the son
<01121>

of his maidservant
<0519>_,

king
<04427> (8686)

over the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

because he [is] your brother
<0251>;)

9:19

If ye then have dealt
<06213> (8804)

truly
<0571>

and sincerely
<08549>

with Jerubbaal
<03378>

and with his house
<01004>

this day
<03117>_,

[then] rejoice
<08055> (8798)

ye in Abimelech
<040>_,

and let him also rejoice
<08055> (8799)

in you:

9:20

But if not, let fire
<0784>

come out
<03318> (8799)

from Abimelech
<040>_,

and devour
<0398> (8799)

the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

and the house
<01004>

of Millo
<04407> (8677) <01037>_;

and let fire
<0784>

come out
<03318> (8799)

from the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

and from the house
<01004>

of Millo
<04407> (8676) <01037>_,

and devour
<0398> (8799)

Abimelech
<040>_.

9:21

And Jotham
<03147>

ran away
<01272> (8799)_,

and fled
<05127> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to Beer
<0876>_,

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

there, for fear
<06440>

of Abimelech
<040>

his brother
<0251>_.

9:22

When Abimelech
<040>

had reigned
<07786> (8799)

three
<07969>

years
<08141>

over Israel
<03478>_,

9:23

Then God
<0430>

sent
<07971> (8799)

an evil
<07451>

spirit
<07307>

between Abimelech
<040>

and the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_;

and the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

dealt treacherously
<0898> (8799)

with Abimelech
<040>_:

9:24

That the cruelty
<02555>

[done] to the threescore and ten
<07657>

sons
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>

might come
<0935> (8800)_,

and their blood
<01818>

be laid
<07760> (8800)

upon Abimelech
<040>

their brother
<0251>_,

which slew
<02026> (8804)

them; and upon the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>_,

which aided
<02388> (8765) <03027>

him in the killing
<02026> (8800)

of his brethren
<0251>_.

{aided...: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill}

9:25

And the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

set
<07760> (8799)

liers in wait
<0693> (8764)

for him in the top
<07218>

of the mountains
<02022>_,

and they robbed
<01497> (8799)

all that came
<05674> (8799)

along that way
<01870>

by them: and it was told
<05046> (8714)

Abimelech
<040>_.

9:26

And Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

came
<0935> (8799)

with his brethren
<0251>_,

and went over
<05674> (8799)

to Shechem
<07927>_:

and the men
<01167>

of Shechem
<07927>

put their confidence
<0982> (8799)

in him.

9:27

And they went out
<03318> (8799)

into the fields
<07704>_,

and gathered
<01219> (8799)

their vineyards
<03754>_,

and trode
<01869> (8799)

[the grapes], and made
<06213> (8799)

merry
<01974>_,

and went
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

of their god
<0430>_,

and did eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8799)_,

and cursed
<07043> (8762)

Abimelech
<040>_.

{merry: or, songs}

9:28

And Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] Abimelech
<040>_,

and who [is] Shechem
<07927>_,

that we should serve
<05647> (8799)

him? [is] not [he] the son
<01121>

of Jerubbaal
<03378>_?

and Zebul
<02083>

his officer
<06496>_?

serve
<05647> (8798)

the men
<0582>

of Hamor
<02544>

the father
<01>

of Shechem
<07927>_:

for why should we serve
<05647> (8799)

him?

9:29

And would to God this people
<05971>

were under
<05414> (8799)

my hand
<03027>_!

then would I remove
<05493> (8686)

Abimelech
<040>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)

to Abimelech
<040>_,

Increase
<07235> (8761)

thine army
<06635>_,

and come out
<03318> (8798)_.

9:30

And when Zebul
<02083>

the ruler
<08269>

of the city
<05892>

heard
<08085> (8799)

the words
<01697>

of Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>_,

his anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)_.

{kindled: or, hot}

9:31

And he sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

unto Abimelech
<040>

privily
<08649>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

and his brethren
<0251>

be come
<0935> (8802)

to Shechem
<07927>_;

and, behold, they fortify
<06696> (8802)

the city
<05892>

against thee. {privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah}

9:32

Now therefore up
<06965> (8798)

by night
<03915>_,

thou and the people
<05971>

that [is] with thee, and lie in wait
<0693> (8798)

in the field
<07704>_:

9:33

And it shall be, [that] in the morning
<01242>_,

as soon as the sun
<08121>

is up
<02224> (8800)_,

thou shalt rise early
<07925> (8686)_,

and set
<06584> (8804)

upon the city
<05892>_:

and, behold, [when] he and the people
<05971>

that [is] with him come out
<03318> (8802)

against thee, then mayest thou do
<06213> (8804)

to them as thou
<03027>

shalt find occasion
<04672> (8799)_.

{as thou shalt...: Heb. as thine hand shall find}

9:34

And Abimelech
<040>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and all the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, by night
<03915>_,

and they laid wait
<0693> (8799)

against Shechem
<07927>

in four
<0702>

companies
<07218>_.

9:35

And Gaal
<01603>

the son
<01121>

of Ebed
<05651>

went out
<03318> (8799)_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

in the entering
<06607>

of the gate
<08179>

of the city
<05892>_:

and Abimelech
<040>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, from lying in wait
<03993>_.

9:36

And when Gaal
<01603>

saw
<07200> (8799)

the people
<05971>_,

he said
<0559> (8799)

to Zebul
<02083>_,

Behold, there come
<03381> (0)

people
<05971>

down
<03381> (8802)

from the top
<07218>

of the mountains
<02022>_.

And Zebul
<02083>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thou seest
<07200> (8802)

the shadow
<06738>

of the mountains
<02022>

as [if they were] men
<0582>_.

9:37

And Gaal
<01603>

spake
<01696> (8763)

again
<03254> (8686)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

See there come
<03381> (0)

people
<05971>

down
<03381> (8802)

by the middle
<02872>

of the land
<0776>_,

and another
<0259>

company
<07218>

come
<0935> (8804)

along by the plain
<0436>

of
<01870>

Meonenim
<06049> (8781)_.

{middle: Heb. navel} {Meonenim: or, the regarders of times}

9:38

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Zebul
<02083>

unto him, Where [is] now
<0645>

thy mouth
<06310>_,

wherewith thou saidst
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] Abimelech
<040>_,

that we should serve
<05647> (8799)

him? [is] not this the people
<05971>

that thou hast despised
<03988> (8804)_?

go out
<03318> (8798)_,

I pray now
<04994>_,

and fight
<03898> (8734)

with them.