Judges 9:7

And it was reported to Joatham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Sicima, and God shall hear you.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

6And all the men of Sicima, and all the house of Bethmaalo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak + 9:6 Heb. מעכ. this is an instance of double translation, στάσεως being given for מעכ, and εὐρετῆ having reference to the word מעא to find; but Alex. rightly omits εὐρετῆ.of Sedition, which was at Sicima.

8The trees + 9:8 Gr. went going.went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive, Reign over us.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:6And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.

Deuteronomy 27:12These shall stand to bless the people on mount Garizin having gone over Jordan; Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Proverbs 1:28For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

Proverbs 28:9He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has + 28:9 Or, abhorred his prayer.made his prayer abominable.

Isaiah 58:6I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account.

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:2-7

The Usurpation of Abimelech. ( b. c. 1209.) 1 And 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, 2 Speak, 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. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in… Read the whole commentary →

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