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, throws a valuable light on the way in which Israel fell into unfaithfulness, when free from the yoke of foreign oppression.
1-6. The rise of Abimelech.
CHAPTER IX _Abimelech is made king; and, to secure himself tn the kingdom,_ _slays his brethren; Jotham, the youngest only escapes_, 14. _Jotham reproves him and the Shechemites by a curious and_...
We are not told how soon after the death of Gideon these events happened. There must have been time for the apostacy and establishment of Baal-worship, and for the development of ill-will between Abim...
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...
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...
BRETHREN. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species) for other relatives....
_Shechem_ now Nâblus (the Roman Flavia Neapolis), 30 miles N. of Jerusalem, 5 miles S.E. of Samaria, situated in a narrow, fertile valley, at the entrance to which rise the two mountains, Ebal on the...
_ABIMELECH IS MADE KING, AND PUTS HIS BRETHREN TO DEATH. JOTHAM, THE ONLY SURVIVING ONE, REBUKETH ABIMELECH AND THE MEN OF SHECHEM BY A PARABLE, AND FORTELS THEIR RUIN. AT THE SIEGE OF THEBEZ, ABIMELE...
_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...
_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, SAYING,_ Abimelech the son of Jeru...
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...
AND ABIMELECH. — This narrative of the rise and fall of Abimelech, “the bramble king,” is singularly vivid in many of its details, while at the same time material facts are so briefly touched upon tha...
וַ יֵּ֨לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ בֶּן ־יְרֻבַּ֨עַל֙ שְׁכֶ֔מָה...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his (a) mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, (a) To practice with hi...
_Abimelech was encouraged to contend with his brethren as he saw the indifference which the people shewed for them, and as he was of a bold enterprising temper. (Calmet)_...
Observe how by iniquity, the plan is laid for obtaining the government. Here is no lawful right, no just claim, no call of God; and at the same time it is in direct opposition to his father ' s own pr...
CONTENTS This chapter prosecutes the history of Israel, after the death of Gideon. Abimelech, the natural son of Gideon, usurps the government; slays all his brethren, except the youngest, who hid hi...
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 ABIMELECH THE SON OF JERUBBAAL WENT TO SHECHEM, UNTO HIS MOTHER'S BRETHREN,.... It seems that though the mother of Abimelech lived at Shechem, he was taken and brought up in his father's house at...
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, saying, Ver. 1. _And communed with...
_Abimelech went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren_ That is, her relations; _and communed with them_ To try if he could engage them to favour and aid the design he had conceived to usurp the govern...
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...
And Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, by his concubine, Judges 8:31, WENT TO SHECHEM UNTO HIS MOTHER'S BRETHREN, all her nearest relatives, AND COMMUNED WITH THEM AND WITH ALL THE FAMILY OF THE HOUSE O...
ABIMELECH BECOMES KING...
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...
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...
JUDGES CHAPTER 9 Abimelech, Gideon's son, by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and the murder of his brethren, Jotham the youngest escaping, is made king, JUDGES 9:1. Jotham by a parable rebuketh them,...
Judges 9:1 Abimelech H40 son H1121 Jerubbaal H3378 went H3212 (H8799) Shechem H7927 mothers H517 brothers H251 spoke...
CHAPTER 9. ABIMELECH. Abimelech Becomes Sole Prince of The Gideon Tribes - His Rise and Fall. This chapter contains an account of the craft and cruelty of Abimelech, by which he had himself made a p...
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....
_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...
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
_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...
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...
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 12:1; 1 Kings 12:20; 1 Kings 12:3; 2 Samuel 15:6; Genesis 33: