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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...
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THE DEATH OF ABIMELECH. He went on burning and destroying till from
the tower of Thebez (p. 30) a woman threw a mill-stone which crashed
through his skull. That he might not be said to have died by a...
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_the curse of Jotham_ See Judges 9:20. The writer has a strong sense
that God controls history, and that His control is just, Judges 9:56....
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AND ALL THE EVIL OF THE MEN OF SHECHEM, &C.— Thus Providence
punished him for his wicked cruelty, after chastising the Shechemites
for having served as the instrument of his ambition. Let it not be
im...
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_Death of Abimelech Judges 9:50-57_
50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and
took it.
51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all
the men and women,...
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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...
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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...
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Thus. — These impressive verses give the explanation of the whole
narrative. They are inserted to show that God punishes both individual
and national crimes, and that men’s pleasant vices are made the...
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וְ אֵ֗ת כָּל ־רָעַת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י
שְׁכֶ֔ם הֵשִׁ֥
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THE BURNING OF THE BRAMBLE
Judges 9:41
Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this
world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
Alas, similar atrociti...
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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...
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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...
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And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their
heads: and upon them came the (f) curse of Jotham the son of
Jerubbaal.
(f) For making a tyrant their king....
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REFLECTIONS
WHILE I beg the Reader to reflect with me on the sad account of human
sin and transgression which this chapter affords, I desire him no less
to remark, how various the ways the Lord is ple...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND ALL THE EVIL OF THE MEN OF SHECHEM,.... In aiding Abimelech to
slay his brethren, and in making him king after so foul a fact
committed:
DID GOD RENDER UPON THEIR HEADS; by suffering Abimelech to...
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And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their
heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Ver. 57. _And upon them came the curse._] The prophetical curse,
t...
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_The evil of the men of Shechem did God render_, &c. Thus God
preserved the honour of his government, and gave warning to all ages
to expect blood for blood. The Lord is known by these judgments which...
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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...
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50-57 The Shechemites were ruined by Abimelech; now he is reckoned
with, who was their leader in villany. Evil pursues sinners, and
sometimes overtakes them, when not only at ease, but triumphant.
Th...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 9:57 evil H7451 men H582 Shechem H7927 God H430 returned H7725
(H8689) heads H7218 came H935 ...
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‘ And all the wickedness of the chief men of Shechem, did God
requite upon their heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son
of Jerubbaal.'
“ON THEM”, that is on both Abimelech and the men of...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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1 Kings 16:34; Joshua 6:26; Judges 9:20; Judges 9:45...
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Render upon their heads — Thus God preserved the honour of his
government, and gave warning to all ages, to expect blood for blood....