Cups. Such revellings were common in the days of vintage; (Isaias xvi. 10., and Jeremias xlviii. 33,) and they generally accompanied the heathenish sacrifices, chap. xvi. 24. They went to give thanks to their god, for having delivered them, (Calmet) as they thought, from the power of Abimelech. (Haydock)
Seditious and lawless acts Judges 9:25 now broke out into open rebellion. It was at an idolatrous feast in the house of Baal-berith, on occasion of the vintage, and when they were excited with wine, t...
CHAPTER 9 ABIMELECH THE KING AND HIS WICKEDNESS _ 1. The murder of Gideon's sons (Judges 9:1)_ 2. Jotham's parable (Judges 9:7) 3. Scenes of strife and destruction of Shechem (Judges 9:22) 4. Abim...
THE SEDITION OF THE SHECHEMITES. The statement that Abimelech was prince over Israel is an exaggeration, and the chronological note is probably by R. Judges 9:23. The Shechemites soon tired of the gov...
_Gaal stirs up the Shechemites: Abimelech defeats them_ 26 _.Gaal the son of Ebed_ i.e. _of a slave_; but pronounce throughout _Obed_, with LXX. cod. B (Ιωβηλ for Ιωβηδ) and Vulgate; a common name. Ga...
_held festival_ HELD A MERRY-MAKING. The marg. _offered a praise offering_is based upon the special sense of the word in Leviticus 19:24; here, more generally, a vintage feast like the one described i...
DID EAT AND DRINK— They probably offered sacrifices, and afterwards feasted together upon those sacrifices. REFLECTIONS.—For a time the wickedness of Abimelech seemed to prosper, and three years he e...
_The Conspiracy of Gaal Judges 9:22-49_ 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 tr...
_AND THEY WENT OUT INTO THE FIELDS, AND GATHERED THEIR VINEYARDS, AND TRODE THE GRAPES, AND MADE MERRY, AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THEIR GOD, AND DID EAT AND DRINK, AND CURSED ABIMELECH._ They went o...
THE STORY OF ABIMELECH This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not here regarded as oppressors. The story, however, thr...
MADE MERRY] RV 'held festival': see on Judges 21:21. Gaal seizes his opportunity at this time of excitement....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 Abimelech, Jerubbaal’s son, went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem. He spoke to them and he spoke to all his mother’s *tribe. V2 ‘Ask all the...
AND MADE MERRY. — The vintage was the most joyous festival of the year (Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:30). The word rendered “merry” is _hillûlim,_ and occurs only here and in Leviticus 19:24, where it is...
וַ יֵּצְא֨וּ הַ שָּׂדֶ֜ה וַֽ יִּבְצְר֤וּ אֶת
THE KINDLING FIRE Judges 9:22 Although this is a sordid story, it is set out at length to teach us that _God's_ judgments upon sin are not reserved for some future date, but are continually being adm...
The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, fi...
Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years and, though he was wicked, is considered to be the next judge. After that time, God caused a spirit of ill will to arise between the men of Shechem and Abim...
And they (i) went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. (i) Bef...
One general observation runs through the whole of this history, and meets the Reader in every part of it: namely, that God's judgments, sooner or later, overtake the sinner. The Shechemites are first...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, 11, AND 12. After Gideon's death we see the results of this distance from God in the internal struggles which took place between the children of Israel...
Ver. 27 AND THEY WENT INTO THE FIELDS, AND GATHERED THEIR VINEYARDS,.... Before they kept within the city, and durst not stir out to gather in the vintage, the time being come, for fear of the troops...
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. Ver. 27. _A...
_They went out into the fields_ Which, till his coming, they durst not do, for fear of Abimelech. _Made merry_ Both from the custom of rejoicing, and singing songs in vintage time, and for the hopes o...
1 Abimelech by conspiracie with the Shechemites, and murder of his brethren, is made King. 7 Iotham by a parable rebuketh them and foretelleth their ruine. 22 Gaal conspireth with the Shechemites ag...
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, arranged a great banquet or sacrificial meal, AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THEIR GOD, Baal-berith,...
THE DEFEAT OF GAAL...
ABIMELECH'SCONSPIRACY (vv. 1-6). Abimelech did not only forget his father's example, but deliberately chose a contrary path of proud self-pleasing. He wanted to rule over Israel and recognized that...
MERRY: Or, songs...
22-29 Abimelech is seated in the throne his father refused. But how long does this glory last? Stay but three years, and see the bramble withered and burned. The prosperity of the wicked is short and...
THEY WENT OUT INTO THE FIELDS, which, till his coming, they durst not do, for fear of Abimelech; but now took confidence to do so, in contempt of him. MADE MERRY; partly from the custom of rejoicing a...
Judges 9:27 out H3318 (H8799) fields H7704 gathered H1219 (H8799) vineyards H3754 trod H1869 (H8799) made...
‘ And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held a festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.' Gaal stayed u...
CONTENTS: Conspiracy of Abimelech. CHARACTERS: God, Abimelech, Jerubbaal, Jocham, Gaal, Zebul. CONCLUSION: Evil pursues sinners and sometimes overtakes them when they are apparently triumphant. The...
Judges 9:4. _Baal-berith._ Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges 9:5....
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 9:22 The Shechemites, who had made Abimelech their king (vv. Judges 9:1), eventually rebelled against him (vv....
CHAPTER 9 _ABIMELECH’S TRAGIC BUT BRIEF HISTORY_ (Judges 9:22.) CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 9:22. HAD REIGNED] ruled by _force_ rather than by _natural right_, implying a hard, as opposed to a mild, rul...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 9:22 HAD REIGNED. The Hebrew word here used is quite a different one from that in Judges 9:8, Judges 9:10,...
Now here's what happened. After the death of Gideon, this Abimelech who was the son of his concubine in Shechem. Now you know, they used to say of the sailors "a girl in every port." Well, Gideon had...
1 Samuel 17:43; Amos 6:3; Daniel 5:1; Daniel 5:23; Exodus 32:19;...
Went out — Which, 'till his coming they durst not do, for fear of Abimelech. Made merry — Both from the custom of rejoicing, and singing songs in vintage time, and for the hopes of their redemption fr...