That the cruelty... might come... upon Abimelech. — Scripture is always most emphatic in the recognition of the Divine Nemesis upon wickedness, especially upon bloodshed.
Their blood be laid upon Abimelech. — Comp. 1 Kings 2:5; Matthew 23:35, and the cry of the Jews in Matthew 27:25.
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...
_The Shechemites turn against Abimelech_ 22 _.was prince over Israel_ Strictly, as the whole ch. implies, only over Shechem and its neighbourhood (Ophrah, Thebez). The words are an editorial generali...
_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...
_THAT THE CRUELTY DONE TO THE THREESCORE AND TEN SONS OF JERUBBAAL MIGHT COME, AND THEIR BLOOD BE LAID UPON ABIMELECH THEIR BROTHER, WHICH SLEW THEM; AND UPON THE MEN OF SHECHEM, WHICH AIDED HIM IN TH...
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...
לָ בֹ֕וא חֲמַ֖ס שִׁבְעִ֣ים בְּנֵֽי ־יְרֻבָּ֑עַל...
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...
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...
THAT THE CRUELTY DONE TO THE SEVENTY SONS OF JERUBBAAL MIGHT COME,.... That vengeance might come on the authors of it; so things were ordered in Providence that this might come to pass: AND THEIR BLO...
That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in t...
_God sent an evil spirit_ That is, gave Satan permission to work upon their minds. _That the cruelty done to the sons of Jerubbaal_, &c. That is, the punishment of the cruelty. Men may do evil, and th...
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...
that the cruelty, the violence, DONE TO THE THREESCORE AND TEN SONS OF JERUBBAAL MIGHT COME, AND THEIR BLOOD BE LAID, UPON ABIMELECH, THEIR BROTHER, WHICH SLEW THEM, AND UPON THE MEN OF SHECHEM WHICH...
THE DEFEAT OF GAAL...
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...
AIDED HIM IN THE KILLING: _ Heb._ strengthened his hands to kill...
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...
THE CRUELTY, i.e. the punishment of the cruelty....
Judges 9:24 crime H2555 seventy H7657 sons H1121 Jerubbaal H3378 settled H935 (H8800) blood H1818 laid H7760 ...
‘ That the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid, on Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and on the men of Shechem who strengthened his hand...
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 2:32; 1 Samuel 15:33; Esther 9:25; Matthew 23:34; Psalms 7:16
The cruelty — That is, the punishment of the cruelty....