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Judges 9
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9And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,H40H1121H3378H3212H7927H517H251H1696H4940H1004H517H1H559
2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.H1696H241H1167H7927H2896H1121H3378H7657H376H4910H259H4910H2142H6106H1320
3And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.H517H251H1696H241H1167H7927H1697H3820H5186H310H40H559H251
4And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.H5414H7657H3701H1004H1170H40H7936H7386H6348H582H3212H310
5And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.H935H1H1004H6084H2026H251H1121H3378H7657H376H259H68H3147H6996H1121H3378H3498H2244
6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.H1167H7927H622H1004H4407H1037H3212H4427H40H4428H436H5324H7927
7And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.H5046H3147H3212H5975H7218H2022H1630H5375H6963H7121H559H8085H1167H7927H430H8085
8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.H6086H1980H1980H4886H4428H559H2132H4427
9But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?H2132H559H2308H1880H3513H430H582H1980H5128H6086
10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.H6086H559H8384H3212H4427
11But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?H8384H559H2308H4987H2896H8570H1980H5128H6086
12Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.H559H6086H1612H3212H4427
13And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?H1612H559H2308H8492H8055H430H582H1980H5128H6086
14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.H559H6086H329H3212H4427
15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.H329H559H6086H571H4886H4428H935H2620H6738H784H3318H329H398H730H3844
16Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;H6213H571H8549H40H4427H6213H2896H3378H1004H6213H1576H3027
17(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:H1H3898H7993H5315H5048H5337H3027H4080
18And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)H6965H1H1004H3117H2026H1121H7657H376H259H68H40H1121H519H4427H1167H7927H251
19If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:H6213H571H8549H3378H1004H3117H8055H40H8055
20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.H784H3318H40H398H1167H7927H1004H4407H1037H784H3318H1167H7927H1004H4407H1037H398H40
21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.H3147H1272H5127H3212H876H3427H6440H40H251
22When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,H40H7786H7969H8141H3478
23Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:H430H7971H7451H7307H40H1167H7927H1167H7927H898H40
24That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.H2555H7657H1121H3378H935H1818H7760H40H251H2026H1167H7927H2388H3027H2026H251
25And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.H1167H7927H7760H693H7218H2022H1497H5674H1870H5046H40
26And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.H1603H1121H5651H935H251H5674H7927H1167H7927H982
27And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.H3318H7704H1219H3754H1869H6213H1974H935H1004H430H398H8354H7043H40
28And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?H1603H1121H5651H559H40H7927H5647H1121H3378H2083H6496H5647H582H2544H1H7927H5647
29And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.H5971H5414H3027H5493H40H559H40H7235H6635H3318
30And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.H2083H8269H5892H8085H1697H1603H1121H5651H639H2734
31And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.H7971H4397H40H8649H559H1603H1121H5651H251H935H7927H6696H5892
32Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:H6965H3915H5971H693H7704
33And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.H1242H8121H2224H7925H6584H5892H5971H3318H6213H3027H4672
34And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.H40H6965H5971H3915H693H7927H702H7218
35And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.H1603H1121H5651H3318H5975H6607H8179H5892H40H6965H5971H3993
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.H1603H7200H5971H559H2083H3381H5971H3381H7218H2022H2083H559H7200H6738H2022H582
37And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.H1603H1696H3254H559H3381H5971H3381H2872H776H259H7218H935H436H1870H6049
38Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.H559H2083H645H6310H559H40H5647H5971H3988H3318H4994H3898
39And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.H1603H3318H6440H1167H7927H3898H40
40And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.H40H7291H5127H6440H7227H5307H2491H6607H8179
41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.H40H3427H725H2083H1644H1603H251H3427H7927
42And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.H4283H5971H3318H7704H5046H40
43And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.H3947H5971H2673H7969H7218H693H7704H7200H5971H3318H5892H6965H5221
44And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.H40H7218H6584H5975H6607H8179H5892H8147H7218H6584H7704H5221
45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.H40H3898H5892H3117H3920H5892H2026H5971H5422H5892H2232H4417
46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.H1167H4026H7927H8085H935H6877H1004H410H1286
47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.H5046H40H1167H4026H7927H6908
48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.H40H5927H2022H6756H5971H40H3947H7134H3027H3772H7754H6086H5375H7760H7926H559H5971H7200H6213H4116H6213H3644
49And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.H5971H3772H376H7754H3212H310H40H7760H6877H3341H6877H784H582H4026H7927H4191H505H376H802
50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.H3212H40H8405H2583H8405H3920
51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.H5797H4026H8432H5892H5127H582H802H1167H5892H5462H5927H1406H4026
52And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.H40H935H4026H3898H5066H6607H4026H8313H784
53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.H259H802H7993H6400H7393H40H7218H7533H1538
54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.H7121H4120H5288H5375H3627H559H8025H2719H4191H559H802H2026H5288H1856H4191
55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.H376H3478H7200H40H4191H3212H376H4725
56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:H430H7725H7451H40H6213H1H2026H7657H251
57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.H7451H582H7927H430H7725H7218H935H7045H3147H1121H3378


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