Judges 9:2

דַּבְּרוּ ־ נָא בְּאָזְנֵי כָל ־ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם מַה ־ טּוֹב לָכֶם הַמְשֹׁל בָּכֶם שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ כֹּל בְּנֵי יְרֻבַּעַל אִם ־ מְשֹׁל בָּכֶם אִישׁ אֶחָד וּזְכַרְתֶּם כִּֽי ־ עַצְמֵכֶם וּבְשַׂרְכֶם אָנִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1וַיֵּלֶךְ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן ־ יְרֻבַּעַל שְׁכֶמָה אֶל ־ אֲחֵי אִמּוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם וְאֶל ־ כָּל ־ מִשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית ־ אֲבִי אִמּוֹ לֵאמֹֽר ׃

3וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֲחֵֽי ־ אִמּוֹ עָלָיו בְּאָזְנֵי כָּל ־ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם אֵת כָּל ־ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֵּט לִבָּם אַחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ כִּי אָמְרוּ אָחִינוּ הֽוּא ׃

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Cross References

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

1 Chronicles 11:1וַיִּקָּבְצוּ כָֽל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ דָּוִיד חֶבְרוֹנָה לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה עַצְמְךָ וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ אֲנָֽחְנוּ ׃

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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