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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 DEATH OF ABIMELECH. He went on burning and destroying till from
the tower of Thebez (p. 30) a woman threw a mill-stone which crashed
through his skull. That he might not be said to have died by a...
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_and all they of the city_ (even) ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, the
same word as that translated _men_in Judges 9:2 (see note), Judges
9:23; Judges 9:26 etc.; _and_should be omitted, unless _citizens_...
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_Death of Abimelech Judges 9:50-57_
50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and
took it.
51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all
the men and women,...
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_BUT THERE WAS A STRONG TOWER WITHIN THE CITY, AND THITHER FLED ALL
THE MEN AND WOMEN, AND ALL THEY OF THE_ _ CITY, AND SHUT IT TO THEM,
AND GAT THEM UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER._
All the men and wome...
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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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TOP] RV 'roof,' which would probably be flat, with a parapet....
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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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THERE WAS A STRONG TOWER WITHIN THE CITY. — This constant mention of
towers and strongholds (Judges 8:9, &c.) shows the disturbed state of
the country, which probably resembled the state of England in...
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וּ מִגְדַּל ־עֹז֮ הָיָ֣ה בְ תֹוךְ ־הָ
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THE BURNING OF THE BRAMBLE
Judges 9:41
Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this
world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
Alas, similar atrociti...
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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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_Battlements, or roof of the tower, which was flat. Hence the
defendants hurled down stones, &c., upon the enemy._...
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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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BUT THERE WAS A STRONG TOWER WITHIN THE CITY,.... The tower of Shechem
was without the city, but this within, as towers generally are:
AND HITHER FLED ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN, AND ALL THEY OF THE CITY;...
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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the
men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and
gat them up to the top of the tower.
Ver. 51. _Thither fled...
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_Zalmon_ A place so called from its shadiness. _Thebez_ Another town
near Shechem; and, as it seems, within its territory. _Thither fled
all the men and women_ All that were not slain in the taking of...
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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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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the
men and women and all they of the city, and shut it to them, locked
and barred it securely, AND GAT THEM UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOW...
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THE END OF ABIMELECH...
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50-57 The Shechemites were ruined by Abimelech; now he is reckoned
with, who was their leader in villany. Evil pursues sinners, and
sometimes overtakes them, when not only at ease, but triumphant.
Th...
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ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN; all that were not slain in the taking of the
town; or they all forsook the town, and retired to their strong hold.
THE TOP OF THE TOWER was flat and plain, after their manner of...
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Judges 9:51 strong H5797 tower H4026 in H8432 city H5892 men H582
people H1167 fled H5127 (H8799) shut...
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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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Judges 9:51...
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And all — All that were not slain in the taking of the town. Top of
the tower — Which was flat and plain, after their manner of
building....