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Verse Judges 9:15. _COME_ AND _PUT YOUR TRUST IN ANY SHADOW_] The vain
boast of the _would-be_ sovereign; and of the man who is seeking to be
put into power by the suffrages of the people. All _promis...
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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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PUT YOUR TRUST. flee for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah_. App-69....
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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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_put your trust in my shadow_ TAKE REFUGE IN …: an absurdity which
sharpens the point of the moral.
_let fire come out_ A fire will sometimes spread from a thornbush to
the monarchs of the forest (cf...
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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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_AND THE BRAMBLE SAID UNTO THE TREES, IF IN TRUTH YE ANOINT ME KING
OVER YOU, THEN COME AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN MY SHADOW: AND IF NOT, LET
FIRE COME OUT OF THE BRAMBLE, AND DEVOUR THE CEDARS OF LEBANON....
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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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IF IN TRUTH — _i.e.,_ with serious purpose. The bramble can hardly
believe in the infatuation of the trees.
PUT YOUR TRUST IN MY SHADOW. — The mean leaves and bristling thorns
of the rhamnus could af...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר הָ אָטָד֮ אֶל ־הָ עֵצִים֒
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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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And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not,
let (f) fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of
L...
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Shadow or protection, Psalm xvi. 8., and Baruch i. 12. (Calmet) ---
Joatham hints at the insolence of Abimelech, (Haydock) and foretels
that he and his foolish subjects will soon be at variance, and d...
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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 BRAMBLE SAID UNTO THE TREES,.... Accepting of their offer at
once:
IF YE IN TRUST ANOINT ME KING OVER YOU; suspecting they were not
hearty and cordial in their choice and call to the kingly a...
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And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not,
let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Leban...
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_Then said all the trees unto the bramble_, &c. Or thorn, fitly
representing Abimelech, the son of a concubine, and a person of small
use and great cruelty. _If in truth ye anoint me king_ If you deal...
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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 bramble said unto the trees, If in truth, a fact which she
could as yet hardly believe, YE ANOINT ME KING OVER YOU, THEN COME AND
PUT YOUR TRUST IN MY SHADOW, words which contain a cutting iro...
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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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IF IN TRUTH YOU ANOINT ME KING OVER YOU; if you deal truly and justly
in making me king. PUT YOUR TRUST IN MY SHADOW; then you may expect
protection under my government. LET FIRE COME OUT OF THE BRAMB...
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“ And the boxthorn said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me
king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow, and if not
let fire come out of the boxthorn and devour the cedars of Lebanon...
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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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2 Kings 14:9; Daniel 4:12; Ezekiel 19:14; Ezekiel 31:3; Hosea 14:7;...
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If in truth — If you deal truly and justly in making me king. Then
trust — Then you may expect protection under my government. Devour
the cedars — In stead of protection, you shall receive destruction...