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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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ABIMELECH DESTROYS SHECHEM. These verses seem to contain a second,
independent account of the attack on Shechem, the sequel to Judges
9:22.
Judges 9:43. Abimelech adopts the same tactics whereby his f...
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_Abimelech destroys Shechem and Migdal-Shechem_
After the Shechemites have suffered the severe defeat just described,
and Abimelech has retired and dwelt at Arumah, it is incredible that,
on the next...
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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 IT WAS TOLD ABIMELECH, THAT ALL THE MEN OF THE TOWER OF SHECHEM
WERE GATHERED TOGETHER._
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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וַ יֻּגַּ֖ד לַ אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י
הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ...
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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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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 IT WAS TOLD ABIMELECH,.... Who had his spies about, and
particularly to observe the motions of the men in this tower:
THAT ALL THE MEN OF THE TOWER OF SHECHEM WERE GATHERED TOGETHER; in
the hold...
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And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem
were gathered together.
Ver. 47. _And it was told Abimelech._] Who carefully watched all their
motions, and had his _corycaei_ to g...
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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 it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem
were gathered together....
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THE END OF ABIMELECH...
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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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‘ And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together.'
The news reached Abimelech that all the priests of Baal-berith were
there in the fortified tower, togeth...
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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...