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This fable and that noted in the marginal reference are the only two
of the kind found in Scripture. Somewhat different are the parables of
the Old Testament, 2 Samuel 12:1; 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 20:...
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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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JOTHAM'S FABLE. Only in an apologue could Jotham, the sole survivor of
Abimelech's massacre, express what was in his bitter, broken heart.
The point of his fable is easily caught. His father and his b...
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THE FIG TREE. Israel's _national_ privileges (Matthew 21:19; Matthew
21:20; Mark 11:13; Mark 11:20;...
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_fig_ One of the commonest trees in Palestine, and cultivated from
very early days; cf. on Judges 9:12....
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_Jotham's fable_
The author of the fable had several points in his mind: (_a_) the
contrast between Gideon's refusal of the kingship and the arrogant
claim of the son of his concubine; the other sons...
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DISCOURSE: 271
JOTHAM’S PARABLE
Judges 9:7. 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...
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_Jotham Rebukes the Shechemites Judges 9:7-21_
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...
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_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?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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THE FIG TREE. — The luscious fruit and broad green shade of the
ancient fig would naturally make it the next choice; but it returns
the same scornful answer....
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וַ יֹּאמְר֥וּ הָ עֵצִ֖ים לַ †
תְּאֵנָ֑ה...
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THE BRAMBLE KING
Judges 9:7
Men must have leadership. The reason lies deep in human nature. The
French Revolutionaries destroyed the royal family, but Robespierre,
Danton and Marat were practically e...
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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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Among Gideon's 70 sons was Abimelech who was born to him of a
concubine from Shechem. He got the people of that city to pay him 70
shekels of silver and used it to enlist the help of some worthless an...
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It was a very favorite way in the Eastern world, to deliver weighty
subjects by parable. And hence, in accommodation to this general mode
of instruction, our adorable Redeemer chiefly delivered his pr...
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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 THE TREES SAID TO THE FIG TREE,.... Another useful and fruit
bearing tree, and to which also good men are sometimes compared, see
Song of Solomon 2:13,
COME THOU, AND REIGN OVER US: which Jarchi...
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And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
Ver. 10. _And the trees said to the fig tree._] By the fig tree the
Jewish doctors understand Deborah, as by the olive tree Othniel...
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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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And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou and reign over us....
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THE PARABLE OF JOTHAM...
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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...
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7-21 There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king, they are
all the trees of the Lord which he has planted. Nor was there any
occasion for Israel to set a king over them, for the Lord was the...
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Judges 9:10 trees H6086 said H559 (H8799) tree H8384 come H3212
(H8798) reign H4427 (H8798)...
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“And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.'
And the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I forsake my sweetness and my
good fruit and go to wave to and fro over the trees?' ”
The fig...
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Judges 9:8
I. From the answer of the olive tree we learn that usefulness is
better than honour. Usefulness, if it be of the higher kind, is
attained through long growing and long striving. But when it...
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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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_Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal._
THE ELECTION OF THE USURPER TO BE KING
I. Contrasts in the history of God’s own people. After
Gideon--Abimelech!
II. The best of fathers may have the worst of sons...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 9:7 Jotham, the only brother of Abimelech to
survive his murderous rampage, tells a fable criticizing Abimelech’s
actions. In the fable, the noble trees of the forest each reject...
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_ABIMELECH MADE KING_
Judges 9:1
CRITICAL NOTES.—
JUDGES 9:1. AND ABIMELECH.] Some little time may have elapsed after
Gideon’s death, so that the air was again filled with tendencies to
idolatry. Be...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 9:7
ON THE TOP OF MOUNT GERIZIM. Mount Gerizim rises on the south-west
side of Samaria or Shechem as a sheer rock about 800 feet in height,
facing Mount Ebal, which is separated fro...
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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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Judges 9:10...
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Fig — tree — Gideon refused this honour, both for himself, and for
his sons; and the sons of Gideon, whom Abimelech had slain, upon
pretence of their affecting the kingdom, were as far from such
thoug...