Judges 9:46
And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,
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Joshua 10:18And Joshua saith, 'Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;
Judges 9:4and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him;
1 Kings 8:26'And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father.
Psalms 115:8Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
Isaiah 37:38And it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.
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 →