Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king,....
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Judges 9:16
Judges 9:16
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Judges 9 — OverviewJudges 9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe apostasy of Israel after the death of Gideon is punished, not as
the former apostasies by a foreign invasion, or the oppressions of any
neighbouring power, but by intestine broils among themselves, which in…Judges 9 — OverviewJudges 9 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJudges 9:1, Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brethren, is made king; Judges 9:7, Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin; Judges 9:22, Gaal conspires with the…Judges 9 — OverviewJudges 9 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains an account of the craft and cruelty of Abimelech, by which he got himself made king of the Shechemites, Jud 9:1 of the parable of Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, concerning the trees, in which…Judges 9:7-21Judges 9:7-21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the only testimony that appears to have been borne against
the wicked confederacy of Abimelech and the men of Shechem. It was a
sign they had provoked God to depart from them that neither any prophet…Judges 9:7-21Judges 9:7-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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On the top of Mount Gerizim. Mount Gerizim rises on the south-west side of Samaria or Shechem as a sheer rock about 800 feet in height, facing Mount Ebal, which is separated from it by the narrow…Judges 9:16Judges 9:16 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeaccording: Judges 8:35