Verse 27
Judges 9:27
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצְא֨וּ הַ/שָּׂדֶ֜ה וַֽ/יִּבְצְר֤וּ אֶת כַּרְמֵי/הֶם֙ וַֽ/יִּדְרְכ֔וּ וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂ֖וּ הִלּוּלִ֑ים וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱֽלֹֽהֵי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ וַ/יִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַֽ/יְקַלְל֖וּ אֶת אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And they went out to the field and gathered their vineyards, and they prepared and made feasts, and they came to the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.
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Chapter 9 Context
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And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to Sichem to his mother's brethren and spoke to them, and to...
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Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men all the sons of Jerobaal...
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And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined...
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And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to hi...
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And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men,...
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And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and the...
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This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice,...
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The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
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And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted...
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And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.
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And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among...
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And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.
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And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God (Elohim) and men, and be promoted amo...
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And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.
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And it answered them: If indeed you mean to make me king, come ye and rest under my shadow: but if y...
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Now therefore if you have done well, and without sin in appointing Abimelech king over you, and have...
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And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian,
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And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one st...
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If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this da...
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But if unjustly: let fire come out from him, and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of...
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And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his bro...
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So Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
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And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem: who began to d...
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And to leave the crime of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their bloo...
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And they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains: and while they waited for his coming...
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And Gaal the son of Obed came with his brethren, and went over to Sichem. And the inhabitants of Sic...
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Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and danci...
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And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who is Abimelech, and what is Sichem, that we should serve him? Is h...
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Would to God (Elohim) that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimele...
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For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing the words of Gaal, the son of Obed, was very angry,
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And sent messengers privately to Abimelech, saying: Behold Gaal the son of Obed is come into Sichem...
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Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee and he hid in the field:
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And betimes in the morning at sun rising set upon the city. And when he shall come out against thee...
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Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.
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And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech...
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And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. A...
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Again Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down from the middle of the land, and one troop cometh b...
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And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst? Who is Abimelech that we should...
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So Gaal went out in the sight of the people of Sichem, and fought against Abimelech,
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Who chased and put him to flight, and drove him to the city: and many were slain of his people, even...
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And Abimelech sat down in Ruma: but Zebul drove Gaal, and his companions out of the city, and would...
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So the day following the people went out into the field. And it was told Abimelech.
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And he took his army, and divided it into three companies, and laid ambushes in the fields. And seei...
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With his own company, assaulting and besieging the city: whilst the two other companies chased the e...
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And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day: and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof, and...
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And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their go...
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Abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of Sichem were gathered together,
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Went up into mount Selmon he and all his people with him: and taking an axe, he cut down the bough o...
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So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. An...
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Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged wi...
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And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled t...
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And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set...
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And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of...
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And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it sho...
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And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.
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And God (Elohim) repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy br...
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The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham the son of Jeroba...
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