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Verse Judges 9:6. _AND ALL THE HOUSE OF MILLO_] If _Millo_ be the name
of a _place_, it is nowhere else mentioned in the sacred writings. But
it is probably the name of a _person_ of note and influenc...
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Millo must have been a fortified place close to, but separate from,
Shechem, and perhaps the same as the tower of Shechem mentioned in
Judges 9:46. The building or enlarging of the better-known Millo,...
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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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JUDGES 9. THE KINGSHIP AND FALL OF ABIMELECH. The story of Gideon's
half-Canaanite son does not equal the finest parts of the book in
dramatic interest, but the glimpse which it affords of the relatio...
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PLAIN. oak.
OF THE PILLAR. Genitive of Apposition. that is to say, the pillar made
of oak. See Joshua 24:26. Compare Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:22;...
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_and all the house of Millo_ Follow marg. _and all_ BETH-MILLO, the
name of a place not of a family Judges 9:20, cf. 2 Kings 12:20, in the
neighbourhood of Shechem, but not the tower of S. mentioned i...
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AND ALL THE HOUSE OF MILLO— Bertram, in his book _de Repub. Jud._ is
of opinion, that _Millo_ is not a proper name in this place; but that
as by the first phrase, _all the men of Shechem,_ are underst...
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_Abimelech Made King Judges 9:1-6_
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's
brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house
of his mother's father, s...
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_AND ALL THE MEN OF SHECHEM GATHERED TOGETHER, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF
MILLO, AND WENT, AND MADE ABIMELECH KING, BY THE PLAIN OF THE PILLAR
THAT WAS IN SHECHEM._
All the men of Shechem ... and all the h...
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MILLO] apparently a Shechemite family, or a town near Shechem (Judges
9:20). The word has a different meaning in 1 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings
12:20. KING] Abimelech is no Israelite king, but simply the ruler...
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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 HOUSE OF MILLO. — It cannot be determined whether Beth Millo is
here a proper name, or whether _Beth_ means the family or inhabitants
of Millo. The Chaldee renders Millo by “a rampart;” and if thi...
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וַ יֵּאָ֨סְפ֜וּ כָּל ־בַּעֲלֵ֤י
שְׁכֶם֙ וְ כָ
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“THROUGH SLAUGHTER TO A THRONE”
Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1
The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and
instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show
kindness to the...
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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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Mello. We know of no such city in the vicinity of Sichem. Hebrew, "all
the house of Millo:" which some take to be the town-house of Sichem,
full of the chief citizens, as Mello signifies "filled up;...
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See how the dreadful pursuit is marked. It is all written in blood.
And to such a wretched state is Israel at this time, as a nation,
reduced that instead of punishing, according to God's righteous la...
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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 ALL THE MEN OF SHECHEM GATHERED TOGETHER,.... Upon the return of
Abimelech, after he with his banditti had committed the execrable
murder of his brethren:
AND ALL THE HOUSE OF MILLO; which was ei...
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And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of
Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar
that [was] in Shechem.
Ver. 6. _And all the men of Shechem._] T...
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_All the men of Shechem_ That is, the great men, the chief magistrates
of the city; _and the house of Millo_ Either some eminent and potent
family living in or near Shechem, or the common council, the...
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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 all the men of Shechem, after this bloody deed, GATHERED TOGETHER,
AND ALL THE HOUSE OF MILLO, the name of the fort or citadel of
Shechem, AND WENT AND MADE ABIMELECH KING BY THE PLAIN OF THE PILL...
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ABIMELECH BECOMES KING...
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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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BY THE PLAIN OF THE PILLAR:
Or, by the oak of the pillar. See Joshua 24:26...
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1-6 The men of Shechem chose Abimelech king. God was not consulted
whether they should have any king, much less who it should be. If
parents could see what their children would do, and what they are t...
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OF MILLO; of a place or person so called; some eminent and potent
family living in Shechem, or near to it; either the family of
Abimelech's mother, or some other: or, and _all Beth-millo_; so _Beth_
i...
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Judges 9:6 men H1167 Shechem H7927 together H622 (H8735) Beth H1004
Millo H4407 (H8677) H1037 went...
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‘And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all
the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of
the pillar that was in Shechem.'
The rivals now being satisfacto...
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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 9:1 Abimelech rose to power by ruthlessly
killing his own brothers, with the help of the Shechemites. He was
then “made king” at Shechem (v. Judges 9:6). Jerubbaal
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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 9:1
THE SON OF JERUBBAAL. Throughout this chapter Gideon is spoken of by
the name of Jerubbaal. There must be some cause for this. The simplest
and most probable cause is that this...
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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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1 Kings 12:1; 1 Kings 12:20; 1 Kings 12:25; 2 Kings 12:20; 2 Samuel
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House of Millo — Some eminent and potent family living in Shechem,
or near it. King — Over all Israel, Judges 9:22, which was a strange
presumption for the inhabitants of one city; but they had many
a...