Judges 9:3

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

In Context

2דַּבְּרוּ ־ 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 ׃

4וַיִּתְּנוּ ־ לוֹ שִׁבְעִים כֶּסֶף מִבֵּית בַּעַל בְּרִית וַיִּשְׂכֹּר בָּהֶם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים וּפֹחֲזִים וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרָֽיו ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:13וַיָּבֹא הַמַּגִּיד אֶל ־ דָּוִד לֵאמֹר הָיָה לֶב ־ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרֵי אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם ׃

Proverbs 1:11אִם ־ יֹאמְרוּ לְכָה אִתָּנוּ נֶאֶרְבָה לְדָם נִצְפְּנָה לְנָקִי חִנָּֽם ׃

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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