Judges 9:18

yet have, ye, risen up against the house of my father, to-day, and slain his sons—seventy men, upon one stone,—and made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the owners of Shechem, because he is, your brother;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

17in that my father fought for you, and cast his soul away from before him, and rescued you out of the hand of Midian;—

19if then, in truth and in sincerity, ye have dealt with Jerubbaal and with his house, this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let, him also, rejoice in you;

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Cross References

Judges 8:30And, Gideon, had seventy sons, sprung from his own loins,—for, many wives, had he.

Judges 9:5And he entered the house of his father, at Ophrah, and slew his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone,—but there remained Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, for he had hidden himself.

Psalms 109:4For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

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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