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Verse Judges 9:56. _THUS GOD RENDERED, C._] Both the fratricide
Abimelech, and the unprincipled men of Shechem, had the iniquity
visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man's judgment may be...
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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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RENDERED. requited. Hebrew brought back.
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._...
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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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_THUS GOD RENDERED THE WICKEDNESS OF ABIMELECH, WHICH HE DID UNTO HIS
FATHER, IN SLAYING HIS SEVENTY BRETHREN:_
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech ... The manner in which
the Nemesis was d...
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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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RENDERED] RV 'requited.'...
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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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Thus. — These impressive verses give the explanation of the whole
narrative. They are inserted to show that God punishes both individual
and national crimes, and that men’s pleasant vices are made the...
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וַ יָּ֣שֶׁב אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֖ת רָעַ֣ת
אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ...
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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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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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THUS GOD RENDERED THE WICKEDNESS OF ABIMELECH WHICH HE DID UNTO HIS
FATHER,.... To the disgrace of his father's character, and to the hurt
of his father's family:
IN SLAYING HIS SEVENTY BRETHREN; exc...
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_Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his
father, in slaying his seventy brethren:_
Ver. 56. _Which he did unto his father._] Wrong done to a parent in
any kind, is a hein...
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_Thus God rendered_, &c. This and the following verse conclude the
history of Abimelech with a divine admonition, that no man might think
such things come to pass by chance. We see God, the judge of a...
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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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Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his
father in slaying his seventy brethren;...
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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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THE WICKEDNESS WHICH HE DID UNTO HIS FATHER, in rooting out, as far as
he could, the name, and memory, and remainders of his father....
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Judges 9:56 God H430 repaid H7725 (H8686) wickedness H7451 Abimelech
H40 done H6213 (H8804) father H1 killing...
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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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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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Acts 28:4; Galatians 6:7; Job 31:3; Judges 9:24; Matthew 7:2;...
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Wickedness — In rooting out, as far as he could, the name and memory
of his father....