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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 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...
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_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...
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_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...
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_AND WHEN ZEBUL THE RULER OF THE CITY HEARD THE WORDS OF GAAL THE SON
OF EBED, HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED._
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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FOUR COMPANIES. — Literally, _four heads._ (Comp. Judges 7:16.)...
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וַ יָּ֧קָם אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ וְ כָל ־הָ
עָ֥ם
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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...
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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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_Places. Hebrew, "companies, (Haydock) or heads." He divided his army
into four parts, over each of which he appointed a commander.
(Calmet)_...
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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 ABIMELECH ROSE UP, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, BY
NIGHT,.... According to the advice of Zebul:
AND THEY LAID WAIT AGAINST SHECHEM IN FOUR COMPANIES; he divided his
army into four parts...
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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 Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by
night, following the plan outlined by Zebul, AND THEY LAID WAIT
AGAINST SHECHEM IN FOUR COMPANIES....
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THE DEFEAT OF GAAL...
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30-49 Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him
now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the
murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Judges 9:34 Abimelech H40 people H5971 rose H6965 (H8799) night H3915
wait H693 (H8799) Shechem H7927 four...
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‘ And Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by
night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.'
As Zebul had advised, Abimelech came up at night with four companies
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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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 9:22 The Shechemites, who had made Abimelech
their king (vv. Judges 9:1), eventually rebelled against him (vv....
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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...