Judges 9:18

וְאַתֶּם קַמְתֶּם עַל ־ בֵּית אָבִי הַיּוֹם וַתַּהַרְגוּ אֶת ־ בָּנָיו שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ עַל ־ אֶבֶן אֶחָת וַתַּמְלִיכוּ אֶת ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן ־ אֲמָתוֹ עַל ־ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם כִּי אֲחִיכֶם הֽוּא ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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;)

In Context

17אֲשֶׁר ־ נִלְחַם אָבִי עֲלֵיכֶם וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת ־ נַפְשׁוֹ מִנֶּגֶד וַיַּצֵּל אֶתְכֶם מִיַּד מִדְיָֽן ׃

19וְאִם ־ בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְתָמִים עֲשִׂיתֶם עִם ־ יְרֻבַּעַל וְעִם ־ בֵּיתוֹ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה שִׂמְחוּ בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וְיִשְׂמַח גַּם ־ הוּא בָּכֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

Judges 8:30וּלְגִדְעוֹן הָיוּ שִׁבְעִים בָּנִים יֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ כִּֽי ־ נָשִׁים רַבּוֹת הָיוּ לֽוֹ ׃

Judges 9:5וַיָּבֹא בֵית ־ אָבִיו עָפְרָתָה וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת ־ אֶחָיו בְּנֵֽי ־ יְרֻבַּעַל שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ עַל ־ אֶבֶן אֶחָת וַיִּוָּתֵר יוֹתָם בֶּן ־ יְרֻבַּעַל הַקָּטֹן כִּי נֶחְבָּֽא ׃ ס

Psalms 109:4תַּֽחַת ־ אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22

Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 7 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. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But 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? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →

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