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| [1]And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, |
[1]And AbimelechH40 the sonH1121 of JerubbaalH3378 wentH3212[H8799] to ShechemH7927 unto his mother'sH517 brethrenH251, and communedH1696[H8762] with them, and with all the familyH4940 of the houseH1004 of his mother'sH517 fatherH1, sayingH559,[H8800] |
| [2]Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are seventy persons, should reign over you, or that one should reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. |
[2]SpeakH1696[H8761], I pray you, in the earsH241 of all the menH1167 of ShechemH7927, Whether is betterH2896 for you, either that all the sonsH1121 of JerubbaalH3378, which are threescore and tenH7657 personsH376, reignH4910[H8800] over you, or that oneH259 reignH4910[H8800] over you? rememberH2142[H8804] also that I am your boneH6106 and your fleshH1320. |
| [3]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. |
[3]And his mother'sH517 brethrenH251 spakeH1696[H8762] of him in the earsH241 of all the menH1167 of ShechemH7927 all these wordsH1697: and their heartsH3820 inclinedH5186[H8799] to followH310 AbimelechH40; for they saidH559[H8804], He is our brotherH251. |
| [4]And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons, who followed him. |
[4]And they gaveH5414[H8799] him threescore and tenH7657 pieces of silverH3701 out of the houseH1004 of BaalberithH1170, wherewith AbimelechH40 hiredH7936[H8799] vainH7386 and lightH6348[H8802] personsH582, which followedH3212[H8799] himH310. |
| [5]And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, upon one stone; notwithstanding, yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. |
[5]And he wentH935[H8799] unto his father'sH1 houseH1004 at OphrahH6084, and slewH2026[H8799] his brethrenH251 the sonsH1121 of JerubbaalH3378, being threescore and tenH7657 personsH376, upon oneH259 stoneH68: notwithstanding yet JothamH3147 the youngestH6996 sonH1121 of JerubbaalH3378 was leftH3498[H8735]; for he hidH2244 himselfH8738. |
| [6]And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. |
[6]And all the menH1167 of ShechemH7927 gathered togetherH622[H8735], and all the houseH1004 of MilloH4407[H8677][H1037], and wentH3212[H8799], and madeH4427[H8686] AbimelechH40 kingH4428, by the plainH436 of the pillarH5324[H8716] that was in ShechemH7927. |
| [7]And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you. |
[7]And when they toldH5046[H8686] it to JothamH3147, he wentH3212[H8799] and stoodH5975[H8799] in the topH7218 of mountH2022 GerizimH1630, and lifted upH5375[H8799] his voiceH6963, and criedH7121[H8799], and saidH559[H8799] unto them, HearkenH8085[H8798] unto me, ye menH1167 of ShechemH7927, that GodH430 may hearkenH8085 unto youH8799. |
| [8]The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. |
[8]The treesH6086 went forthH1980[H8804][H8676][H1980][H8800] on a time to anointH4886[H8800] a kingH4428 over them; and they saidH559[H8799] unto the olive treeH2132, ReignH4427 thou over usH8798. |
| [9]But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? |
[9]But the olive treeH2132 saidH559[H8799] unto them, Should I leaveH2308[H8804] my fatnessH1880, wherewith by me they honourH3513[H8762] GodH430 and manH582, and goH1980[H8804] to be promotedH5128[H8800] over the treesH6086? |
| [10]And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us. |
[10]And the treesH6086 saidH559[H8799] to the fig treeH8384, ComeH3212[H8798] thou, and reignH4427 over usH8798. |
| [11]But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? |
[11]But the fig treeH8384 saidH559[H8799] unto them, Should I forsakeH2308[H8804] my sweetnessH4987, and my goodH2896 fruitH8570, and goH1980[H8804] to be promotedH5128[H8800] over the treesH6086? |
| [12]Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. |
[12]Then saidH559[H8799] the treesH6086 unto the vineH1612, ComeH3212[H8798] thou, and reignH4427 over usH8798. |
| [13]And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? |
[13]And the vineH1612 saidH559[H8799] unto them, Should I leaveH2308[H8804] my wineH8492, which cheerethH8055[H8764] GodH430 and manH582, and goH1980[H8804] to be promotedH5128[H8800] over the treesH6086? |
| [14]Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. |
[14]Then saidH559[H8799] all the treesH6086 unto the brambleH329, ComeH3212[H8798] thou, and reignH4427 over usH8798. |
| [15]And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. |
[15]And the brambleH329 saidH559[H8799] unto the treesH6086, If in truthH571 ye anointH4886[H8802] me kingH4428 over you, then comeH935[H8798] and put your trustH2620[H8798] in my shadowH6738: and if not, let fireH784 come outH3318[H8799] of the brambleH329, and devourH398[H8799] the cedarsH730 of LebanonH3844. |
| [16]Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands: |
[16]Now therefore, if ye have doneH6213[H8804] trulyH571 and sincerelyH8549, in that ye have made AbimelechH40 kingH4427[H8686], and if ye have dealtH6213[H8804] wellH2896 with JerubbaalH3378 and his houseH1004, and have doneH6213[H8804] unto him according to the deservingH1576 of his handsH3027; |
| [17](For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian: |
[17](For my fatherH1 foughtH3898[H8738] for you, and adventuredH7993[H8686] his lifeH5315 farH5048, and deliveredH5337[H8686] you out of the handH3027 of MidianH4080: |
| [18]And ye have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:) |
[18]And ye are risen upH6965[H8804] against my father'sH1 houseH1004 this dayH3117, and have slainH2026[H8799] his sonsH1121, threescore and tenH7657 personsH376, upon oneH259 stoneH68, and have made AbimelechH40, the sonH1121 of his maidservantH519, kingH4427[H8686] over the menH1167 of ShechemH7927, because he is your brotherH251;) |
| [19]If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: |
[19]If ye then have dealtH6213[H8804] trulyH571 and sincerelyH8549 with JerubbaalH3378 and with his houseH1004 this dayH3117, then rejoiceH8055[H8798] ye in AbimelechH40, and let him also rejoiceH8055 in youH8799: |
| [20]But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. |
[20]But if not, let fireH784 come outH3318[H8799] from AbimelechH40, and devourH398[H8799] the menH1167 of ShechemH7927, and the houseH1004 of MilloH4407[H8677][H1037]; and let fireH784 come outH3318[H8799] from the menH1167 of ShechemH7927, and from the houseH1004 of MilloH4407[H8676][H1037], and devourH398[H8799] AbimelechH40. |
| [21]And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. |
[21]And JothamH3147 ran awayH1272[H8799], and fledH5127[H8799], and wentH3212[H8799] to BeerH876, and dweltH3427[H8799] there, for fearH6440 of AbimelechH40 his brotherH251. |
| [22]When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, |
[22]When AbimelechH40 had reignedH7786[H8799] threeH7969 yearsH8141 over IsraelH3478, |
| [23]Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: |
[23]Then GodH430 sentH7971[H8799] an evilH7451 spiritH7307 between AbimelechH40 and the menH1167 of ShechemH7927; and the menH1167 of ShechemH7927 dealt treacherouslyH898[H8799] with AbimelechH40: |
| [24]That the cruelty done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem who aided him in the killing of his brethren. |
[24]That the crueltyH2555 done to the threescore and tenH7657 sonsH1121 of JerubbaalH3378 might comeH935[H8800], and their bloodH1818 be laidH7760[H8800] upon AbimelechH40 their brotherH251, which slewH2026[H8804] them; and upon the menH1167 of ShechemH7927, which aidedH2388[H8765][H3027] him in the killingH2026[H8800] of his brethrenH251. |
| [25]And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him on the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. |
[25]And the menH1167 of ShechemH7927 setH7760[H8799] liers in waitH693[H8764] for him in the topH7218 of the mountainsH2022, and they robbedH1497[H8799] all that cameH5674[H8799] along that wayH1870 by them: and it was toldH5046[H8714] AbimelechH40. |
| [26]And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. |
[26]And GaalH1603 the sonH1121 of EbedH5651 cameH935[H8799] with his brethrenH251, and went overH5674[H8799] to ShechemH7927: and the menH1167 of ShechemH7927 put their confidenceH982 in himH8799. |
| [27]And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. |
[27]And they went outH3318[H8799] into the fieldsH7704, and gatheredH1219[H8799] their vineyardsH3754, and trodeH1869[H8799] the grapes, and madeH6213[H8799] merryH1974, and wentH935[H8799] into the houseH1004 of their godH430, and did eatH398[H8799] and drinkH8354[H8799], and cursedH7043[H8762] AbimelechH40. |
| [28]And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him; is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? |
[28]And GaalH1603 the sonH1121 of EbedH5651 saidH559[H8799], Who is AbimelechH40, and who is ShechemH7927, that we should serveH5647[H8799] him? is not he the sonH1121 of JerubbaalH3378? and ZebulH2083 his officerH6496? serveH5647[H8798] the menH582 of HamorH2544 the fatherH1 of ShechemH7927: for why should we serveH5647 himH8799? |
| [29]And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out. |
[29]And would to God this peopleH5971 were underH5414[H8799] my handH3027! then would I removeH5493[H8686] AbimelechH40. And he saidH559[H8799] to AbimelechH40, IncreaseH7235[H8761] thine armyH6635, and come outH3318.[H8798] |
| [30]And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. |
[30]And when ZebulH2083 the rulerH8269 of the cityH5892 heardH8085[H8799] the wordsH1697 of GaalH1603 the sonH1121 of EbedH5651, his angerH639 was kindledH2734.[H8799] |
| [31]And he sent messengers to Abimelech privately, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, are come to Shechem; and behold, they fortify the city against thee. |
[31]And he sentH7971[H8799] messengersH4397 unto AbimelechH40 privilyH8649, sayingH559[H8800], Behold, GaalH1603 the sonH1121 of EbedH5651 and his brethrenH251 be comeH935[H8802] to ShechemH7927; and, behold, they fortifyH6696[H8802] the city against theeH5892. |
| [32]Now therefore rise by night, thou, and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field: |
[32]Now therefore upH6965[H8798] by nightH3915, thou and the peopleH5971 that is with thee, and lie in waitH693[H8798] in the fieldH7704: |
| [33]And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun hath risen, thou shalt rise early, and attack the city: and behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. |
[33]And it shall be, that in the morningH1242, as soon as the sunH8121 is upH2224[H8800], thou shalt rise earlyH7925[H8686], and setH6584[H8804] upon the cityH5892: and, behold, when he and the peopleH5971 that is with him come outH3318[H8802] against thee, then mayest thou doH6213[H8804] to them as thouH3027 shalt find occasionH4672.[H8799] |
| [34]And Abimelech rose, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. |
[34]And AbimelechH40 rose upH6965[H8799], and all the peopleH5971 that were with him, by nightH3915, and they laid waitH693[H8799] against ShechemH7927 in fourH702 companiesH7218. |
| [35]And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. |
[35]And GaalH1603 the sonH1121 of EbedH5651 went outH3318[H8799], and stoodH5975[H8799] in the enteringH6607 of the gateH8179 of the cityH5892: and AbimelechH40 rose upH6965[H8799], and the peopleH5971 that were with him, from lying in waitH3993. |
| [36]And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. |
[36]And when GaalH1603 sawH7200[H8799] the peopleH5971, he saidH559[H8799] to ZebulH2083, Behold, there comeH3381 peopleH5971 downH3381[H8802] from the topH7218 of the mountainsH2022. And ZebulH2083 saidH559[H8799] unto him, Thou seestH7200[H8802] the shadowH6738 of the mountainsH2022 as if they were menH582. |
| [37]And Gaal spoke again, and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. |
[37]And GaalH1603 spakeH1696[H8763] againH3254[H8686] and saidH559[H8799], See there comeH3381 peopleH5971 downH3381[H8802] by the middleH2872 of the landH776, and anotherH259 companyH7218 comeH935[H8804] along by the plainH436 ofH1870 MeonenimH6049.[H8781] |
| [38]Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, with which thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? are not these the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. |
[38]Then saidH559[H8799] ZebulH2083 unto him, Where is nowH645 thy mouthH6310, wherewith thou saidstH559[H8799], Who is AbimelechH40, that we should serveH5647[H8799] him? is not this the peopleH5971 that thou hast despisedH3988[H8804]? go outH3318[H8798], I pray nowH4994, and fightH3898 with themH8734. |
| [39]And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. |
[39]And GaalH1603 went outH3318[H8799] beforeH6440 the menH1167 of ShechemH7927, and foughtH3898[H8735] with AbimelechH40. |
| [40]And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even to the entrance of the gate. |
[40]And AbimelechH40 chasedH7291[H8799] him, and he fledH5127[H8799] beforeH6440 him, and manyH7227 were overthrownH5307[H8799] and woundedH2491, even unto the enteringH6607 of the gateH8179. |
| [41]And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. |
[41]And AbimelechH40 dweltH3427[H8799] at ArumahH725: and ZebulH2083 thrust outH1644[H8762] GaalH1603 and his brethrenH251, that they should not dwellH3427[H8800] in ShechemH7927. |
| [42]And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. |
[42]And it came to pass on the morrowH4283, that the peopleH5971 went outH3318[H8799] into the fieldH7704; and they toldH5046[H8686] AbimelechH40. |
| [43]And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and behold, the people had come out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. |
[43]And he tookH3947[H8799] the peopleH5971, and dividedH2673[H8799] them into threeH7969 companiesH7218, and laid waitH693[H8799] in the fieldH7704, and lookedH7200[H8799], and, behold, the peopleH5971 were come forthH3318[H8802] out of the cityH5892; and he rose upH6965[H8799] against them, and smoteH5221 themH8686. |
| [44]And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. |
[44]And AbimelechH40, and the companyH7218 that was with him, rushed forwardH6584[H8804], and stoodH5975[H8799] in the enteringH6607 of the gateH8179 of the cityH5892: and the twoH8147 other companiesH7218 ran uponH6584[H8804] all the people that were in the fieldsH7704, and slewH5221 themH8686. |
| [45]And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. |
[45]And AbimelechH40 foughtH3898[H8738] against the cityH5892 all that dayH3117; and he tookH3920[H8799] the cityH5892, and slewH2026[H8804] the peopleH5971 that was therein, and beat downH5422[H8799] the cityH5892, and sowedH2232[H8799] it with saltH4417. |
| [46]And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into a hold of the house of the god Berith. |
[46]And when all the menH1167 of the towerH4026 of ShechemH7927 heardH8085[H8799] that, they enteredH935[H8799] into an holdH6877 of the houseH1004 of the godH410 BerithH1286. |
| [47]And it was told to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were assembled. |
[47]And it was toldH5046[H8714] AbimelechH40, that all the menH1167 of the towerH4026 of ShechemH7927 were gathered togetherH6908.[H8694] |
| [48]And Abimelech ascended mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. |
[48]And AbimelechH40 gat him upH5927[H8799] to mountH2022 ZalmonH6756, he and all the peopleH5971 that were with him; and AbimelechH40 tookH3947[H8799] an axeH7134 in his handH3027, and cut downH3772[H8799] a boughH7754 from the treesH6086, and tookH5375[H8799] it, and laidH7760[H8799] it on his shoulderH7926, and saidH559[H8799] unto the peopleH5971 that were with him, What ye have seenH7200[H8804] me doH6213[H8804], make hasteH4116[H8761], and doH6213[H8798] as I have doneH3644. |
| [49]And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them: so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. |
[49]And all the peopleH5971 likewise cut downH3772[H8799] every manH376 his boughH7754, and followedH3212[H8799][H310] AbimelechH40, and putH7760[H8799] them to the holdH6877, and setH3341[H8686] the holdH6877 on fireH784 upon them; so that all the menH582 of the towerH4026 of ShechemH7927 diedH4191[H8799] also, about a thousandH505 menH376 and womenH802. |
| [50]Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. |
[50]Then wentH3212[H8799] AbimelechH40 to ThebezH8405, and encampedH2583[H8799] against ThebezH8405, and tookH3920 itH8799. |
| [51]But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it after them, and ascended to the top of the tower. |
[51]But there was a strongH5797 towerH4026 withinH8432 the cityH5892, and thither fledH5127[H8799] all the menH582 and womenH802, and all theyH1167 of the cityH5892, and shutH5462[H8799] it to them, and gat them upH5927[H8799] to the topH1406 of the towerH4026. |
| [52]And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. |
[52]And AbimelechH40 cameH935[H8799] unto the towerH4026, and foughtH3898[H8735] against it, and went hardH5066[H8799] unto the doorH6607 of the towerH4026 to burnH8313[H8800] it with fireH784. |
| [53]And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. |
[53]And a certainH259 womanH802 castH7993[H8686] a pieceH6400 of a millstoneH7393 upon Abimelech'sH40 headH7218, and all to brakeH7533[H8686] his skullH1538. |
| [54]Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. |
[54]Then he calledH7121[H8799] hastilyH4120 unto the young manH5288 his armourbearerH5375[H8802][H3627], and saidH559[H8799] unto him, DrawH8025[H8798] thy swordH2719, and slayH4191[H8786] me, that men sayH559[H8799] not of me, A womanH802 slewH2026[H8804] him. And his young manH5288 thrust him throughH1856[H8799], and he diedH4191.[H8799] |
| [55]And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place. |
[55]And when the menH376 of IsraelH3478 sawH7200[H8799] that AbimelechH40 was deadH4191[H8804], they departedH3212[H8799] every manH376 unto his placeH4725. |
| [56]Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: |
[56]Thus GodH430 renderedH7725[H8686] the wickednessH7451 of AbimelechH40, which he didH6213[H8804] unto his fatherH1, in slayingH2026[H8800] his seventyH7657 brethrenH251: |
| [57]And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. |
[57]And all the evilH7451 of the menH582 of ShechemH7927 did GodH430 renderH7725[H8689] upon their headsH7218: and upon them cameH935[H8799] the curseH7045 of JothamH3147 the sonH1121 of JerubbaalH3378. |