"Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them."
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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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NOW.. special various reading called _S_ evir has "thou" (emphatic)
instead of "now". I pray thee, _thou,_ &c....
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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 WHEN ZEBUL THE RULER OF THE CITY HEARD THE WORDS OF GAAL THE SON
OF EBED, HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED._
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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WHERE IS NOW THY MOUTH...?_ — _“Mouth” here means
_boastfulness._ This is usually taken as a bitter taunt, as though
Zebul could now safely throw off his deceitful acquiescence in
Gaal’s plans. It may...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו זְבֻ֗ל אַיֵּ֨ה
אֵפֹ֥וא פִ֨יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר מִ֥י
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ כִּ֣י נַעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ הֲ
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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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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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THEN SAID ZEBUL UNTO HIM,.... Not being able to put him off any
longer, and willing to take the opportunity to upbraid him with what
he had said:
WHERE IS NOW THY MOUTH, [WHEREWITH] THOU SAIDST, WHO...
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Then said Zebul unto him, Where [is] now thy mouth, wherewith thou
saidst, Who [is] Abimelech, that we should serve him? [is] not this
the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight...
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_Then said Zebul, Where is now thy mouth_, &c. Now show thyself a man,
and fight valiantly for thyself and the people. _And he fled_ Being
surprised by the unexpected coming of Abimelech, and probably...
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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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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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THY MOUTH, i.e. thy brags. Now thou betrayest thy fears; and therefore
now show thyself a man, and fight valiantly for thyself and people....
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Judges 9:38 Zebul H2083 said H559 (H8799) your H645 mouth H6310 said
H559 (H8799) Abimelech H40 serve H5647 (H8799) people H5971 despised
H3988 (H8804) out H3318 (H8798) will H4994 fight H3898 (H8734)...
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‘ Then Zebul said to him, “Where is now your mouth, that you said,
‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Is not this the people
that you have despised? Go out now I pray you, and fight with th...
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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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2 Kings 14:8; 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 2:27; Jeremiah 2:28; Judges
9:28; Judges 9:29...
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Where is now, &c. — Now shew thyself a man, and fight valiantly for
thyself and people....