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Verse Judges 9:4. _THREESCORE AND TEN_ PIECES _OF SILVER_] Probably
_shekels_; and this was the whole of his exchequer. As he was now
usurping the government of God, he begins with a _contribution_ fr...
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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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LIGHT. rash.
PERSONS. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....
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_the house of Baal-berith_ In Judges 9:46 El-bĕrîth = _God of the
covenant_; see Judges 8:33 _n._Temples in antiquity had their own
treasuries into which offerings and fines were paid; they also serve...
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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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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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VAIN] worthless: hired mercenaries of no character....
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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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PIECES. — Rather, _shekels,_ which is the word normally understood
in similar phrases (Judges 8:26). “Neither the citizens of Shechem
nor the ignobly-ambitious bastard understood what true monarchy wa...
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וַ יִּתְּנוּ ־לֹו֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף
מִ בֵּ֖
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ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM
Judges 8:29; Judges 9:1
THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal
influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion
follows on his death. Gide...
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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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Weight. Hebrew, Chaldean, and Septuagint do not express what quantity
of silver was given. (Menochius) --- But sicle on such occasions is
generally supplied. (Calmet) --- Hence this sum would amount t...
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Take notice, how the scheme was carried on. It began in man ' s
ambition, unauthorized by God, and was kept up by bribes from an idol.
Thus laid in sin; what can the end be but vanity and vexation of...
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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 THEY GAVE HIM SEVENTY PIECES OF SILVER OUT OF THE HOUSE OF
BAALBIRITH,.... The temple of their idol; of this name
Judges 8:33, out of the money which had been dedicated to his service
by freewill...
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And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the
house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons,
which followed him.
Ver. 4. _And they gave him threescore and...
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_They gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver_ To bear the
charges which he would be put to in making good his pretensions. It is
not said what the value of these pieces was: so many shekels woul...
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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 they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver (barely $45) OUT
OF THE HOUSE OF BAAL-BERITH, for as idolaters they were opposed to
Jerubbaal and his family, who had abolished idolatry wherever...
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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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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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THREESCORE AND TEN, agreeably to the number of his enemies, Gideon's
seventy sons. PIECES OF SILVER; not shekels, as some fancy, which were
too small a sum for this purpose; but far larger pieces, the...
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Judges 9:4 gave H5414 (H8799) seventy H7657 silver H3701 temple H1004
Baal-Berith H1170 Abimelech H40 hired H7936 ...
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‘ And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of
Baalberith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons who
followed him.'
The house of Baal-berith may well be the Temple fortre...
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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 Samuel 22:2; 2 Chronicles 13:7; Acts 17:5; Job 30:8; Judges 11:3;...
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Pieces of silver — Not shekels, which were too small a sum for this
purpose; but far larger pieces, the exact worth whereof it is not
possible for us now to know. The house of Baal — berith — Out of
h...