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Verse Judges 9:29. _WOULD TO GOD THIS PEOPLE WERE UNDER MY HAND_] The
very words and conduct of a sly, hypocritical demagogue.
_INCREASE THINE ARMY, AND COME OUT._] When he found his party strong,
an...
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Seditious and lawless acts Judges 9:25 now broke out into open
rebellion. It was at an idolatrous feast in the house of Baal-berith,
on occasion of the vintage, and when they were excited with wine, t...
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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 go...
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WOULD TO GOD. would that. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ App-6.
AND HE SAID. The Septuagint reads "and say"....
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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. G...
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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 WOULD TO GOD THIS PEOPLE WERE UNDER MY HAND! THEN WOULD I REMOVE
ABIMELECH. AND HE SAID TO ABIMELECH, INCREASE THINE ARMY, AND COME
OUT._
Would to God this people were under my hand! He seems to...
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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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WOULD TO GOD THIS PEOPLE WERE UNDER MY HAND! — Comp. 2 Samuel 15:4.
AND HE SAID TO ABIMELECH. — The “he said” may be the impersonal
idiom (comp. Joshua 7:26, &c.), meaning “it was told” (Vulg.,
_Dict...
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וּ מִ֨י יִתֵּ֜ן אֶת ־הָ עָ֤ם הַ זֶּה֙
בְּ יָדִ֔י וְ אָסִ֖ירָה אֶת
־אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ...
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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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And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove
Abimelech. And he said to (k) Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come
out.
(k) Braggingly, as though he had been present, or to h...
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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
Israe...
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AND WOULD TO GOD THIS PEOPLE WERE UNDER MY HAND,.... Or government,
that I were but the ruler of their city, and general of their forces:
THEN WOULD I REMOVE ABIMELECH; from his kingly office, and ri...
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And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove
Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come
out.
Ver. 29. _And would to God this people, &c._] This is the...
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_Under my hand_ That is, under my command; I wish you would
unanimously submit to me, as your captain and governor; for he found
them divided; and some of them inclining toward Abimelech, whom they
ha...
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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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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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UNDER MY HAND, i.e. under my command; I wish you would unanimously
submit to me, as your captain and governor; for he found them divided,
and some of them hearkening after Abimelech, whom they had lat...
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Judges 9:29 people H5971 under H5414 (H8799) authority H3027 remove
H5493 (H8686) Abimelech H40 said H559 (H8799) Abimelech H40 Increase
H7235 (H8761) army H6635 out H3318 (H8798)
would to God - 2 Sa...
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Judges 9:29 a
“And would to God this people were under my hand. Then would I
remove Abimelech.”
Now Gaal made his appeal to the chief men of Shechem, whether as a
Habiru leader or as a descendant 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.
Judges 9:26). Abimelech was able to stop the revolt, and he burned...
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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, ru...
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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, Judges 9:12, Judges 9:14, and
elsewhere, where the reign of a king is desi...
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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 20:11; 2 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:23; 2 Samuel 15:4; 2 Samuel
2:14; Isaiah 36:8; Isaiah 36:9; Psalms 10:3; Romans 1:30; Romans 1:31...
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My hand — That is, under my command; I wish you would unanimously
submit to me, as your captain and governor; for he found them divided;
and some of them hearkening after Abimelech, whom they had late...