Verse 3
Judges 9:3
Noah Webster Bible
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And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְדַבְּר֨וּ אֲחֵֽי אִמּ֜/וֹ עָלָ֗י/ו בְּ/אָזְנֵי֙ כָּל בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה וַ/יֵּ֤ט לִבָּ/ם֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ כִּ֥י אָמְר֖וּ אָחִ֥י/נוּ הֽוּא
English Translation
And the brothers of his mother spoke to all the lords of Shechem all these words, and their hearts turned after Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother."
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Chapter 9 Context
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And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and communed with them,...
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Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all t...
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And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and th...
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And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hir...
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And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seve...
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And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king,...
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And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his vo...
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The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign th...
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But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God (Elohim)...
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And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
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But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promot...
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Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
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And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God (Elohim) and man, and go to be...
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Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
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And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your tr...
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Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye h...
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(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midia...
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And ye have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, u...
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If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice y...
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But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo;...
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And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
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When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
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Then God (Elohim) sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shech...
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That the cruelty done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abim...
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And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him on the top of the mountains, and they robbed all th...
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And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem pu...
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And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes , and made merr...
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And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him; is no...
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And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimele...
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And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
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And he sent messengers to Abimelech privately, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethre...
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Now therefore rise by night, thou, and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
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And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun hath risen, thou shalt rise early, and atta...
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And Abimelech rose, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shec...
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And Gaal the son of Ebed 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, there come people down from the top of the m...
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And Gaal spoke again, and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and another c...
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Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, with which thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we sh...
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And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
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And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even to the...
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And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwel...
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
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And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looke...
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And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the g...
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And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that w...
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And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that , they entered into a hold of the house of t...
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And it was told to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were assembled.
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And Abimelech ascended mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an...
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And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to th...
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Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
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But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they o...
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And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to bu...
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And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
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Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay...
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And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.
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Thus God (Elohim) rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his s...
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And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God (Elohim) render upon their heads: and upon them came...
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