Judges 9:6

וַיֵּאָסְפוּ כָּל ־ בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם וְכָל ־ בֵּית מִלּוֹא וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּמְלִיכוּ אֶת ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְמֶלֶךְ עִם ־ אֵלוֹן מֻצָּב אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

In Context

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

7וַיַּגִּדוּ לְיוֹתָם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲמֹד בְּרֹאשׁ הַר ־ גְּרִזִים וַיִּשָּׂא קוֹלוֹ וַיִּקְרָא וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם וְיִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיכֶם אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 24:26וַיִּכְתֹּב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת ־ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת אֱלֹהִים וַיִּקַּח אֶבֶן גְּדוֹלָה וַיְקִימֶהָ שָּׁם תַּחַת הָֽאַלָּה אֲשֶׁר בְּמִקְדַּשׁ יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

1 Kings 12:1וַיֵּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם שְׁכֶם כִּי שְׁכֶם בָּא כָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַמְלִיךְ אֹתֽוֹ ׃

1 Kings 12:25וַיִּבֶן יָרָבְעָם אֶת ־ שְׁכֶם בְּהַר אֶפְרַיִם וַיֵּשֶׁב בָּהּ וַיֵּצֵא מִשָּׁם וַיִּבֶן אֶת ־ פְּנוּאֵֽל ׃

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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