Verse 49
Judges 9:49
Bible in Basic English
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So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, were burned to death with it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּכְרְת֨וּ גַם כָּל הָ/עָ֜ם אִ֣ישׁ שׂוֹכֹ֗/ה וַ/יֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ אַחֲרֵ֤י אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ וַ/יָּשִׂ֣ימוּ עַֽל הַ/צְּרִ֔יחַ וַ/יַּצִּ֧יתוּ עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם אֶֽת הַ/צְּרִ֖יחַ בָּ/אֵ֑שׁ וַ/יָּמֻ֜תוּ גַּ֣ם כָּל אַנְשֵׁ֧י מִֽגְדַּל שְׁכֶ֛ם כְּ/אֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ וְ/אִשָּֽׁה
English Translation
And all the people, every man of the tower, also cut off and went after Abimelech, and they put fire on the tower, and all the men of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.
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Chapter 9 Context
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Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to...
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Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seve...
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So his mother's family said all this about him in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem: and their...
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And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got...
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Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, t...
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And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their k...
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Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice sai...
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One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king o...
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But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God (...
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Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.
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But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over t...
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Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.
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But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God (Elohim) and men, to go wav...
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Then all the trees said to the thorn, You come and be king over us.
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And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put...
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So now, if you have done truly and uprightly in making Abimelech king, and if you have done well to...
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(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Mid...
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And you have gone against my father's family this day, and have put to death his sons, even seventy...
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If then you have done what is true and upright to Jerubbaal and his family this day, may you have jo...
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But if not, may fire come out from Abimelech, burning up the townsmen of Shechem and Beth-millo; and...
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Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abime...
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So Abimelech was chief over Israel for three years.
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And God (Elohim) sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the townsmen of Shechem; and the townsmen...
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So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood...
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And the townsmen of Shechem put secret watchers on the tops of the mountains, and they made attacks...
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Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem...
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And they went out into their fields and got in the fruit of their vines, and when the grapes had bee...
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And Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we are to be his servants...
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If only I had authority over this people! I would put Abimelech out of the way, and I would say to A...
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Now Zebul, the ruler of the town, hearing what Gaal, the son of Ebed, had said, was moved to wrath.
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And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come t...
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So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;
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And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and hi...
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So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Sh...
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And Gaal, the son of Ebed, went out, and took his place at the doorway into the town; then Abimelech...
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And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mou...
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And Gaal said again, See! people are coming down from the middle of the land, and one band is coming...
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Then Zebul said to him, Now where is your loud talk when you said, Who is Abimelech that we are to b...
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So Gaal went out at the head of the townsmen of Shechem and made war on Abimelech.
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And Abimelech went after him and he went in flight before him; and a great number were falling by th...
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Then Abimelech went back to Arumah; and Zebul sent Gaal and his brothers away and would not let them...
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Now the day after, the people went out into the fields; and news of it came to Abimelech.
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And he took his people, separating them into three bands, and was waiting secretly in the field; and...
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And Abimelech with his band made a rush, and took up their position at the doorway into the town; an...
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And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the peopl...
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Then all the townsmen of the tower of Shechem, hearing of it, went into the inner room of the house...
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And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together.
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48
Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand a...
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49
So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at the...
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Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and put his army in position against Thebez and took it.
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But in the middle of the town there was a strong tower, to which all the men and women of the town w...
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And Abimelech came to the tower and made an attack on it, and got near to the door of the tower for...
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But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimel...
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Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to m...
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And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went away, every man to his place.
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In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God (Elohim) for the evil he had done to his father in putting...
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And God (Elohim) sent back on to the heads of the men of Shechem all the evil they had done, and the...
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