And would to God this people were under my hand! Then would I remove Abimelech. His drunken boast was that if he but had as much authority as Zebul, he would soon disclaim allegiance to the tyrant and put him out of the way. And he said to Abimelech, a boastful challenge, as though the latter had been present in person, Increase thine army and come out, namely, to make war upon rebellious Shechem.
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...
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...
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...
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 gov...
WOULD TO GOD. would that. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ App-6. AND HE SAID. The Septuagint reads "and say"....
_And he said_ Read with a slight change AND I WOULD SAY, so LXX; cf. Judges 9:38....
_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. Ga...
_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...
_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...
AND HE SAID] we should read (continuing Gaal's speech) 'and I would say.' Gaal is not interviewing Abimelech (Judges 9:30), who is at Arumah (Judges 9:41)....
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...
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...
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., _Dictu...
וּ מִ֨י יִתֵּ֜ן אֶת ־הָ עָ֤ם הַ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
Judges 9:29 people H5971 under H5414 (H8799) authority H3027 remove H5493 (H8686) Abimelech H40 said H559 ...
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...
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...
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....
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 9:22 The Shechemites, who had made Abimelech their king (vv. Judges 9:1), eventually rebelled against him (vv....
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...
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,...
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...
1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:23; 2 Samuel 15:4; 2 Sa
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...