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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 gov...
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AS. according as....
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_set upon make a dash upon, rush forward against_, from a place of
hiding, cf. Judges 9:44; Judges 20:37.
_as thou shalt find occasion_ For the idiom (see marg.) cf. 1 Samuel
10:7;...
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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. Ga...
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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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The whole atmosphere reeks with intrigue and cruelty: an eloquent
comment on the Canaanite character.
34-49. The Conspiracy is stamped out....
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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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AS THOU SHALT FIND OCCASION. — Literally, as in the margin, _as
thine hand shall find,_ as in 1 Samuel 10:7; 1 Samuel 25:8....
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וְ הָיָ֤ה בַ † בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כִּ זְרֹ֣חַ...
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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
Israel...
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AND IT SHALL BE, THAT IN THE MORNING, AS SOON AS THE SUN IS UP, THOU
SHALT RISE EARLY, AND SET UPON THE CITY,.... For being with his forces
advanced near to it by a march in the night, he would be abl...
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And it shall be, [that] in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou
shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, [when] he and
the people that [is] with him come out against thee, then may...
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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 it shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou
shalt rise early, and set upon the city, move upon it to give battle;
AND, BEHOLD, WHEN HE AND THE PEOPLE THAT IS WITH HIM COME OUT...
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THE DEFEAT OF GAAL...
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AS THOU SHALT FIND:
_ Heb._ as thine hand shall find...
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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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BEHOLD, WHEN HE, i.e. Gaal, mentioned JUDGES 9:31....
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Judges 9:33 sun H8121 up H2224 (H8800) morning H1242 early H7925
(H8686) rush H6584 (H8804) city...
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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....
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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, rul...
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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,...
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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 10:7; 1 Samuel 25:8; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Leviticus 25:26...