Judges 9:1 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 9:1

Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

KJV

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

We are not told how soon after the death of Gideon these events happened. There must have been time for the apostacy and establishment of Baal-worship, and for the development of ill-will between Abimelech and his brethren.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	Abimelech	H40 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְרֻבַּ֙עַל֙	ye.ru.Ba.'al	Jerub-Baal	H3378 →
שְׁכֶ֔מָה	she.Khe.mah	Shechem towards	H7927 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֲחֵ֖י	'a.Chei	[the] brothers of	H251 →
אִמּ֑וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר	vay.da.Ber	and he spoke	H1696 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת	mish.Pa.chat	[the] clan of	H4940 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
אֲבִ֥י	'a.Vi	[the] father of	H1 →
אִמּ֖וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us…
leads to
- Psalms 52:2
  Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Jeremiah 11:19
  For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from…
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 18:11
  Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn…
- Jeremiah 13:13–14
  then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests,…
Through
Genesis 33:18
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
leads to
- Acts 7:16
  Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- Joshua 24:1
  Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
Through
1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:13
  Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I…