Judges 9:29

וּמִי יִתֵּן אֶת ־ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּיָדִי וְאָסִירָה אֶת ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ רַבֶּה צְבָאֲךָ וָצֵֽאָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

In Context

28וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ גַּעַל בֶּן ־ עֶבֶד מִֽי ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּמִֽי ־ שְׁכֶם כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ הֲלֹא בֶן ־ יְרֻבַּעַל וּזְבֻל פְּקִידוֹ עִבְדוּ אֶת ־ אַנְשֵׁי חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם וּמַדּוּעַ נַעַבְדֶנּוּ אֲנָֽחְנוּ ׃

30וַיִּשְׁמַע זְבֻל שַׂר ־ הָעִיר אֶת ־ דִּבְרֵי גַּעַל בֶּן ־ עָבֶד וַיִּחַר אַפּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:4וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלוֹם מִי ־ יְשִׂמֵנִי שֹׁפֵט בָּאָרֶץ וְעָלַי יָבוֹא כָּל ־ אִישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר ־ יִהְיֶה ־ לּוֹ ־ רִיב וּמִשְׁפָּט וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו ׃

2 Kings 14:8אָז שָׁלַח אֲמַצְיָה מַלְאָכִים אֶל ־ יְהוֹאָשׁ בֶּן ־ יְהוֹאָחָז בֶּן ־ יֵהוּא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר לְכָה נִתְרָאֶה פָנִֽים ׃

Psalms 10:3כִּֽי ־ הִלֵּל רָשָׁע עַל ־ תַּאֲוַת נַפְשׁוֹ וּבֹצֵעַ בֵּרֵךְ נִאֵץ ׀ יְהוָֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:23-50

Gaal's Insurrection; Gaal's Defeat. ( b. c. 1206.) 22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him… Read the whole commentary →

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