and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
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and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
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And 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;)
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and 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 maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother —
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Passages linked to Judges 9:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 9:5-6 He went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself. All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
- Psalms 109:4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
- Judges 8:30-31 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives. His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
- Judges 8:35 neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
- Judges 9:14 “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:18 And ye are risen up against my…
Jdg 9:18 And 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;)
Ver. 18. And ye are risen up against my father’s house, &c.] This was
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“ Mordaci radere vero, ”
plain dealing indeed. They who do what they should not, shall once hear what they would not; as Ahab did from Eliah; Herod from John Baptist; Eudoxia, the Empress, from Chrysostom; &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Abimelech’s fact is justly charged upon them, as done…
Abimelech’s fact is justly charged upon them, as done by their consent, approbation, and assistance.
His maid-servant; his concubine, whom he so calls by way of reproach, because maid-servants were oft made concubines, Exo 21:7-10.
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Over the men of Shechem; by which limitation of their power, and his kingdom, he reflects contempt upon him, and chargeth them with presumption, that having only power over their own city, they durst impose a king upon all Israel.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And ye are risen up against my father's house…
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day,.... Which was an instance of great ingratitude in them, after such services done for them, and favours received by them:
and have slain his sons, seventy persons on one stone; excepting one, himself, and he was intentionally slain, their design was to cut off everyone; and all being slain but one, the round number is given, and this being so large, is the rather observed; and though Abimelech committed the fact, the men of Shechem were accessory to it, they gave him money, with which he hired men to assist him in it, see Jdg 9:20 and it is very probable they were privy to his intention, and encouraged him to it; and certain it is they showed their approbation of it, by making Abimelech king after it, and therefore they are justly charged with it:
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and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the men of Shechem; which was both to the disgrace of Gideon, and his family, and of themselves too, that a base son of his should be made their king; when it would have been more to the credit of Gideon, and his family, that he had lived in obscurity, and had not been known as a son of his; and this was to the reproach of the men of Shechem, and especially to the princes thereof; for, by the men of Shechem are meant the lords, and great men thereof, as Kimchi observes; and great contempt is cast on Abimelech himself, who is here represented as making a very poor figure, being by extraction the son of an handmaid, and king only over the men of Shechem; and who made him so for no other reason but this:
because he is your brother; not because he had any right to the kingdom, or had any qualification for it, but because his mother lived among them, and her family belonged to them, and so he was related to many of them, and they hoped on that account to have preferment and favours from him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Ye have slain - Abimelech's fact is justly charged…
Ye have slain - Abimelech's fact is justly charged upon them, as done by their consent, approbation and assistance. Maidservant - His concubine, whom he so calls by way of reproach. Over Shechem - By which limitation of their power, and his kingdom, he reflects contempt upon him, and chargeth them with presumption, that having only power over their own city, they durst impose a king upon all Israel.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 9:18. Ye have slain his sons, &c. —…
Jdg 9:18. Ye have slain his sons, &c. — Abimelech’s crime is justly charged upon them, as being committed by their consent, approbation, and assistance. Maid-servant — His concubine, whom he so calls by way of reproach. Over Shechem — By which limitation of their power, and his kingdom, he reflects contempt upon him, and chargeth them with presumption, that, having only power over their own city, they durst impose a king upon all Israel.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain You are. People are answerable for the injuries which…
You are. People are answerable for the injuries which they do not prevent, when they have it in their power. (Calmet) --- Many of the citizens of Sichem had assisted Abimelech, ver. 4. --- Brother. The ties of kindred could not hide their ingratitude and cruelty. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. his maidservant] This goes beyond Jdg_9:1 and Jdg_8:31,…
18. his maidservant] This goes beyond Jdg_9:1 and Jdg_8:31, which imply that Abimelech’s mother was not a slave but a freewoman.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Threescore and ten persons.—See Note on. Jdg_9:5.
(18) Threescore and ten persons.—See Note on. Jdg_9:5.
The son of his maidservant.—The term is intentionally contemptuous. It seems clear from Jdg_8:31; Jdg_9:1, that she was not a slave, but even of high birth among the Canaanites.
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