Judges 9:1-5

9:1

Abimelech <040> [Abimelech.]

Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]

said <01696> [communed.]

9:2

want <02896> [Whether, etc. Heb. What is good? whether, etc. threescore.]

blood <06106> [your bone.]

9:3

spoke <01696> [spake.]

Abimelech <0310> [to follow. Heb. after. our brother.]

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.

9:5

Ophrah <06084> [at Ophrah.]

murdered <02026> [slew.]