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HAD REIGNED - Rather, “had ruled.” It is not the phrase used in
Judges 9:6. It looks as if the Shechemites alone had made him king,
and the rest of Israel had submitted to his dominion, without allowi...
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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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REIGNED. exercised power over. Hebrew. _sur,_ Occurs only here, and
Hosea 8:4; Hosea 12:4.
THREE YEARS.. usurpation, and therefore not included in _Anno Dei_
reckoning. See App-50. They are concurren...
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_The Shechemites turn against Abimelech_
22 _.was prince over Israel_ Strictly, as the whole ch. implies, only
over Shechem and its neighbourhood (Ophrah, Thebez). The words are an
editorial generali...
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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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_WHEN ABIMELECH HAD REIGNED THREE YEARS OVER ISRAEL,_
When Abimelech had reigned three years. His reign did not probably at
first extend beyond Shechem; but by stealthy and progressive
encoachments h...
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OVER ISRAEL] at most over the Manassites who were connected with the
Canaanites of Shechem....
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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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HAD REIGNED. — The verb is here _sûr,_ not _malak,_ as in Judges
9:6; but whether the change of word is meant to be significant we
cannot say.
OVER ISRAEL — _i.e.,_ over all the Israelites who would...
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וַ יָּ֧שַׂר אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ עַל
־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שָׁלֹ֥שׁ...
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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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Observe, it is not said that Abimelech governed Israel for their good,
or that he was a blessing to the people, but that he reigned so long,
perhaps in his own enjoyments....
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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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WHEN ABIMELECH HAD REIGNED THREE YEARS OVER ISRAEL. The people in
general consenting to what the men of Shechem had done, at least not
opposing it, all being desirous of a king, and therefore put up w...
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When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
Ver. 22. _When Abimelech had reigned three years._] And now haply
began to think, as afterward Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily did, that
his kingdom...
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_Had reigned three years over Israel_ For though the men of Shechem
were the first authors of Abimelech's advancement, the rest of the
people easily consented to that form of government which they so...
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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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THE DEFEAT OF GAAL...
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When Abimelech had reigned, held sway, three years over Israel, over
as many of the people as acknowledged his rule,...
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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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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...
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For though the men of Shechem were the first authors of Abimelech's
advancement, it is more than probable that the rest of the people
easily consented to that form of government which they so much
des...
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THE FULFILMENT OF THE CURSE ON ABIMELECH AND SHECHEM (JUDGES 9:22).
Judges 9:22
‘ And Abimelech was prince over Israel for three years.'
Three is the number of completeness. His full reign was shor...
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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 9:22 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...
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Over Israel — For though the men of Shechem were the first authors
of Abimelech's advancement, the rest of the people easily consented to
that form of government which they so much desired....