Judges 9:7
When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice, cried out, and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
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In Context
8The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
Cross References
Genesis 37:6He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
Deuteronomy 27:12“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Psalms 18:40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
Proverbs 28:9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Isaiah 58:6“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
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 →