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Judges Chapter 9 - King James Strong Number Version

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And Abimelech <H0040> the son <H1121> of Jerubbaal <H3378> went <H3212> to Shechem <H7927> unto his mother's <H0517> brethren, <H0251> and communed <H1696> with them, and with all the family <H4940> of the house <H1004> of his mother's <H0517> father, <H0001> saying, <H0559>
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Speak, <H1696> I pray you, in the ears <H0241> of all the men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> Whether [is] better <H2896> for you, either that all the sons <H1121> of Jerubbaal, <H3378> [which are] threescore and ten <H7657> persons, <H0376> reign <H4910> over you, or that one <H0259> <H0376> reign <H4910> over you? remember <H2142> also that I [am] your bone <H6106> and your flesh. <H1320>
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And his mother's <H0517> brethren <H0251> spake <H1696> of him in the ears <H0241> of all the men <H1167> of Shechem <H7927> all these words: <H1697> and their hearts <H3820> inclined <H5186> to follow <H0310> Abimelech; <H0040> for they said, <H0559> He [is] our brother. <H0251>
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And they gave <H5414> him threescore and ten <H7657> [pieces] of silver <H3701> out of the house <H1004> of Baalberith, <H1170> wherewith Abimelech <H0040> hired <H7936> vain <H7386> and light <H6348> persons, <H0582> which followed <H3212> <H0310> him.
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And he went <H0935> unto his father's <H0001> house <H1004> at Ophrah, <H6084> and slew <H2026> his brethren <H0251> the sons <H1121> of Jerubbaal, <H3378> [being] threescore and ten <H7657> persons, <H0376> upon one <H0259> stone: <H0068> notwithstanding yet Jotham <H3147> the youngest <H6996> son <H1121> of Jerubbaal <H3378> was left; <H3498> for he hid <H2244> himself.
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And all the men <H1167> of Shechem <H7927> gathered <H0622> together, and all the house <H1004> of Millo, <H4407> and went, <H3212> and made <H4427> Abimelech <H0040> king, <H4428> by the plain <H0436> of the pillar <H5324> that [was] in Shechem. <H7927>
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And when they told <H5046> [it] to Jotham, <H3147> he went <H3212> and stood <H5975> in the top <H7218> of mount <H2022> Gerizim, <H1630> and lifted up <H5375> his voice, <H6963> and cried, <H7121> and said <H0559> unto them, Hearken <H8085> unto me, ye men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> that God <H0430> may hearken <H8085> unto you.
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The trees <H6086> went <H1980> forth <H1980> [on a time] to anoint <H4886> a king <H4428> over them; and they said <H0559> unto the olive tree, <H2132> Reign <H4427> thou over us.
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But the olive tree <H2132> said <H0559> unto them, Should I leave <H2308> my fatness, <H1880> wherewith by me they honour <H3513> God <H0430> and man, <H0582> and go <H1980> to be promoted <H5128> over the trees? <H6086>
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And the trees <H6086> said <H0559> to the fig tree, <H8384> Come <H3212> thou, [and] reign <H4427> over us.
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But the fig tree <H8384> said <H0559> unto them, Should I forsake <H2308> my sweetness, <H4987> and my good <H2896> fruit, <H8570> and go <H1980> to be promoted <H5128> over the trees? <H6086>
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Then said <H0559> the trees <H6086> unto the vine, <H1612> Come <H3212> thou, [and] reign <H4427> over us.
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And the vine <H1612> said <H0559> unto them, Should I leave <H2308> my wine, <H8492> which cheereth <H8055> God <H0430> and man, <H0582> and go <H1980> to be promoted <H5128> over the trees? <H6086>
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Then said <H0559> all the trees <H6086> unto the bramble, <H0329> Come <H3212> thou, [and] reign <H4427> over us.
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And the bramble <H0329> said <H0559> unto the trees, <H6086> If in truth <H0571> ye anoint <H4886> me king <H4428> over you, [then] come <H0935> [and] put your trust <H2620> in my shadow: <H6738> and if not, let fire <H0784> come out <H3318> of the bramble, <H0329> and devour <H0398> the cedars <H0730> of Lebanon. <H3844>
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Now therefore, if ye have done <H6213> truly <H0571> and sincerely, <H8549> in that ye have made Abimelech <H0040> king, <H4427> and if ye have dealt <H6213> well <H2896> with Jerubbaal <H3378> and his house, <H1004> and have done <H6213> unto him according to the deserving <H1576> of his hands; <H3027>
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(For my father <H0001> fought <H3898> for you, and adventured <H7993> his life <H5315> far, <H5048> and delivered <H5337> you out of the hand <H3027> of Midian: <H4080>
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And ye are risen up <H6965> against my father's <H0001> house <H1004> this day, <H3117> and have slain <H2026> his sons, <H1121> threescore and ten <H7657> persons, <H0376> upon one <H0259> stone, <H0068> and have made Abimelech, <H0040> the son <H1121> of his maidservant, <H0519> king <H4427> over the men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> because he [is] your brother;) <H0251>
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If ye then have dealt <H6213> truly <H0571> and sincerely <H8549> with Jerubbaal <H3378> and with his house <H1004> this day, <H3117> [then] rejoice <H8055> ye in Abimelech, <H0040> and let him also rejoice <H8055> in you:
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But if not, let fire <H0784> come out <H3318> from Abimelech, <H0040> and devour <H0398> the men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> and the house <H1004> of Millo; <H4407> and let fire <H0784> come out <H3318> from the men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> and from the house <H1004> of Millo, <H4407> and devour <H0398> Abimelech. <H0040>
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And Jotham <H3147> ran away, <H5127> and fled, <H1272> and went <H3212> to Beer, <H0876> and dwelt <H3427> there, for fear <H6440> of Abimelech <H0040> his brother. <H0251>
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When Abimelech <H0040> had reigned <H7786> three <H7969> years <H8141> over Israel, <H3478>
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Then God <H0430> sent <H7971> an evil <H7451> spirit <H7307> between Abimelech <H0040> and the men <H1167> of Shechem; <H7927> and the men <H1167> of Shechem <H7927> dealt treacherously <H0898> with Abimelech: <H0040>
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That the cruelty <H2555> [done] to the threescore and ten <H7657> sons <H1121> of Jerubbaal <H3378> might come, <H0935> and their blood <H1818> be laid <H7760> upon Abimelech <H0040> their brother, <H0251> which slew <H2026> them; and upon the men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> which aided <H2388> him <H3027> in the killing <H2026> of his brethren. <H0251>
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And the men <H1167> of Shechem <H7927> set <H7760> liers in wait <H0693> for him in the top <H7218> of the mountains, <H2022> and they robbed <H1497> all that came <H5674> along that way <H1870> by them: and it was told <H5046> Abimelech. <H0040>
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And Gaal <H1603> the son <H1121> of Ebed <H5651> came <H0935> with his brethren, <H0251> and went over <H5674> to Shechem: <H7927> and the men <H1167> of Shechem <H7927> put their confidence <H0982> in him.
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And they went out <H3318> into the fields, <H7704> and gathered <H1219> their vineyards, <H3754> and trode <H1869> [the grapes], and made <H6213> merry, <H1974> and went <H0935> into the house <H1004> of their god, <H0430> and did eat <H0398> and drink, <H8354> and cursed <H7043> Abimelech. <H0040>
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And Gaal <H1603> the son <H1121> of Ebed <H5651> said, <H0559> Who [is] Abimelech, <H0040> and who [is] Shechem, <H7927> that we should serve <H5647> him? [is] not [he] the son <H1121> of Jerubbaal? <H3378> and Zebul <H2083> his officer? <H6496> serve <H5647> the men <H0582> of Hamor <H2544> the father <H0001> of Shechem: <H7927> for why should we serve <H5647> him?
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And would to God <H5414> this people <H5971> were under my hand! <H3027> then would I remove <H5493> Abimelech. <H0040> And he said <H0559> to Abimelech, <H0040> Increase <H7235> thine army, <H6635> and come out. <H3318>
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And when Zebul <H2083> the ruler <H8269> of the city <H5892> heard <H8085> the words <H1697> of Gaal <H1603> the son <H1121> of Ebed, <H5651> his anger <H0639> was kindled. <H2734>
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And he sent <H7971> messengers <H4397> unto Abimelech <H0040> privily, <H8649> saying, <H0559> Behold, Gaal <H1603> the son <H1121> of Ebed <H5651> and his brethren <H0251> be come <H0935> to Shechem; <H7927> and, behold, they fortify <H6696> the city <H5892> against thee.
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Now therefore up <H6965> by night, <H3915> thou and the people <H5971> that [is] with thee, and lie in wait <H0693> in the field: <H7704>
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And it shall be, [that] in the morning, <H1242> as soon as the sun <H8121> is up, <H2224> thou shalt rise early, <H7925> and set <H6584> upon the city: <H5892> and, behold, [when] he and the people <H5971> that [is] with him come out <H3318> against thee, then mayest thou do <H6213> to them as thou <H3027> shalt find <H4672> occasion.
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And Abimelech <H0040> rose up, <H6965> and all the people <H5971> that [were] with him, by night, <H3915> and they laid wait <H0693> against Shechem <H7927> in four <H0702> companies. <H7218>
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And Gaal <H1603> the son <H1121> of Ebed <H5651> went out, <H3318> and stood <H5975> in the entering <H6607> of the gate <H8179> of the city: <H5892> and Abimelech <H0040> rose up, <H6965> and the people <H5971> that [were] with him, from lying in wait. <H3993>
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And when Gaal <H1603> saw <H7200> the people, <H5971> he said <H0559> to Zebul, <H2083> Behold, there come people <H5971> down <H3381> from the top <H7218> of the mountains. <H2022> And Zebul <H2083> said <H0559> unto him, Thou seest <H7200> the shadow <H6738> of the mountains <H2022> as [if they were] men. <H0582>
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And Gaal <H1603> spake <H1696> again <H3254> and said, <H0559> See there come people <H5971> down <H3381> by the middle <H2872> of the land, <H0776> and another <H0259> company <H7218> come <H0935> along by <H1870> the plain <H0436> of Meonenim. <H6049>
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Then said <H0559> Zebul <H2083> unto him, Where [is] now <H0645> thy mouth, <H6310> wherewith thou saidst, <H0559> Who [is] Abimelech, <H0040> that we should serve <H5647> him? [is] not this the people <H5971> that thou hast despised? <H3988> go out, <H3318> I pray <H4994> now, and fight <H3898> with them.
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And Gaal <H1603> went out <H3318> before <H6440> the men <H1167> of Shechem, <H7927> and fought <H3898> with Abimelech. <H0040>
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And Abimelech <H0040> chased <H7291> him, and he fled <H5127> before <H6440> him, and many <H7227> were overthrown <H5307> [and] wounded, <H2491> [even] unto the entering <H6607> of the gate. <H8179>
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And Abimelech <H0040> dwelt <H3427> at Arumah: <H0725> and Zebul <H2083> thrust out <H1644> Gaal <H1603> and his brethren, <H0251> that they should not dwell <H3427> in Shechem. <H7927>
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And it came to pass on the morrow, <H4283> that the people <H5971> went out <H3318> into the field; <H7704> and they told <H5046> Abimelech. <H0040>
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And he took <H3947> the people, <H5971> and divided <H2673> them into three <H7969> companies, <H7218> and laid wait <H0693> in the field, <H7704> and looked, <H7200> and, behold, the people <H5971> [were] come forth <H3318> out of the city; <H5892> and he rose up <H6965> against them, and smote <H5221> them.
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And Abimelech, <H0040> and the company <H7218> that [was] with him, rushed <H6584> forward, and stood <H5975> in the entering <H6607> of the gate <H8179> of the city: <H5892> and the two <H8147> [other] companies <H7218> ran upon <H6584> all [the people] that [were] in the fields, <H7704> and slew <H5221> them.
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And Abimelech <H0040> fought <H3898> against the city <H5892> all that day; <H3117> and he took <H3920> the city, <H5892> and slew <H2026> the people <H5971> that [was] therein, and beat down <H5422> the city, <H5892> and sowed <H2232> it with salt. <H4417>
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And when all the men <H1167> of the tower <H4026> of Shechem <H7927> heard <H8085> [that], they entered <H0935> into an hold <H6877> of the house <H1004> of the god <H0410> Berith. <H1286>
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And it was told <H5046> Abimelech, <H0040> that all the men <H1167> of the tower <H4026> of Shechem <H7927> were gathered together. <H6908>
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And Abimelech <H0040> gat him up <H5927> to mount <H2022> Zalmon, <H6756> he and all the people <H5971> that [were] with him; and Abimelech <H0040> took <H3947> an axe <H7134> in his hand, <H3027> and cut down <H3772> a bough <H7754> from the trees, <H6086> and took <H5375> it, and laid <H7760> [it] on his shoulder, <H7926> and said <H0559> unto the people <H5971> that [were] with him, What ye have seen <H7200> me do, <H6213> make haste, <H4116> [and] do <H6213> as I <H3644> [have done].
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And all the people <H5971> likewise cut down <H3772> every man <H0376> his bough, <H7754> and followed <H3212> <H0310> Abimelech, <H0040> and put <H7760> [them] to the hold, <H6877> and set <H3341> the hold <H6877> on fire <H0784> upon them; so that all the men <H0582> of the tower <H4026> of Shechem <H7927> died <H4191> also, about a thousand <H0505> men <H0376> and women. <H0802>
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Then went <H3212> Abimelech <H0040> to Thebez, <H8405> and encamped <H2583> against Thebez, <H8405> and took <H3920> it.
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But there was a strong <H5797> tower <H4026> within <H8432> the city, <H5892> and thither fled <H5127> all the men <H0582> and women, <H0802> and all they <H1167> of the city, <H5892> and shut <H5462> [it] to them, and gat them up <H5927> to the top <H1406> of the tower. <H4026>
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And Abimelech <H0040> came <H0935> unto the tower, <H4026> and fought <H3898> against it, and went hard <H5066> unto the door <H6607> of the tower <H4026> to burn <H8313> it with fire. <H0784>
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And a certain <H0259> woman <H0802> cast <H7993> a piece <H6400> of a millstone <H7393> upon Abimelech's <H0040> head, <H7218> and all to brake <H7533> his skull. <H1538>
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Then he called <H7121> hastily <H4120> unto the young man <H5288> his armourbearer, <H5375> <H3627> and said <H0559> unto him, Draw <H8025> thy sword, <H2719> and slay <H4191> me, that men say <H0559> not of me, A woman <H0802> slew <H2026> him. And his young man <H5288> thrust him through, <H1856> and he died. <H4191>
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And when the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> saw <H7200> that Abimelech <H0040> was dead, <H4191> they departed <H3212> every man <H0376> unto his place. <H4725>
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Thus God <H0430> rendered <H7725> the wickedness <H7451> of Abimelech, <H0040> which he did <H6213> unto his father, <H0001> in slaying <H2026> his seventy <H7657> brethren: <H0251>
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And all the evil <H7451> of the men <H0582> of Shechem <H7927> did God <H0430> render <H7725> upon their heads: <H7218> and upon them came <H0935> the curse <H7045> of Jotham <H3147> the son <H1121> of Jerubbaal. <H3378>
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