Verse 41
Judges 9:41
Noah Webster Bible
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And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ בָּ/ארוּמָ֑ה וַ/יְגָ֧רֶשׁ זְבֻ֛ל אֶת גַּ֥עַל וְ/אֶת אֶחָ֖י/ו מִ/שֶּׁ֥בֶת בִּ/שְׁכֶֽם
English Translation
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers from sitting in Shechem.
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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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