Judges 9:21 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 9:21

Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

KJV

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Went to Beer - Mr. Maundrell, in his journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 64, 5th edit., mentions a place of this name, which he thinks to be that to which Jotham fled, and supposed to be the same as Mishmash, 1Sa 14:5, 1Sa 14:31. It is situated, he says, towards the south, on an easy declivity; and has a fountain of excellent water at the bottom of the hill from which it has taken its name.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣נָס	vai.Ya.nos	and he fled	H5127 →
יוֹתָ֔ם	yo.Tam	Jotham	H3147 →
וַיִּבְרַ֖ח	vai.yiv.Rach	and he ran away	H1272 →
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
בְּאֵ֑רָה	be.'E.rah	Beer towards	H876 →
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	[away] from before	H6440 →
אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	Abimelech	H40 →
אָחִֽיו׃ פ	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →

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The walk

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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
Numbers 21:16
From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
leads to
- Numbers 20:8
  “Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from…
- Isaiah 12:3
  With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- Isaiah 41:17–18
  The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Exodus 17:6
  Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…
- Revelation 22:1
  Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
Through
Joshua 19:8
and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:33
  and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:
Through
2 Samuel 20:14
Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
  In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Numbers 21:16
  From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”

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02Original language & word study

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06About Judges

Where the connections lead

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