Parallel Verses English Standard Version When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. King James Bible 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 unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. American Standard Version And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. Douay-Rheims Bible This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you. English Revised Version 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 unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Judges 9:7 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentHaving gone to Shechem, the home of his mother (Judges 8:31), Abimelech applied to his mother's brothers and the whole family (all the relations) of the father's house of his mother, and addressed them thus: "Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the lords of Shechem," i.e., speak to them publicly and solemnly. שׁכם בּעלי, the lords, i.e., the possessors or citizens of Shechem (compare Judges 9:46 with Judges 9:49, where מגדּל בּעלי is interchangeable with אנשׁי a; also Judges 20:5, and Joshua 24:11): they are not merely Canaanitish citizens, of whom there were some still living in Shechem according to Judges 9:28, but all the citizens of the town; therefore chiefly Israelites. "What is better for you, that seventy men rule over you, all the sons of Jerubbaal, or (only) one man (i.e., Abimelech)? and remember that I am your flesh and bone" (blood relation, Genesis 29:14). The name "sons of Jerubbaal," i.e., of the man who had destroyed the altar of Baal, was just as little adapted to commend the sons of Gideon to the Shechemites, who were devoted to the worship of Baal, as the remark that seventy men were to rule over them. No such rule ever existed, or was even aspired to by the seventy sons of Gideon. But Abimelech assumed that his brothers possessed the same thirst for ruling as he did himself; and the citizens of Shechem might be all the more ready to put faith in his assertions, since the distinction which Gideon had enjoyed was thoroughly adapted to secure a prominent place in the nation for his sons. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge mount Gerizim Joshua 8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges... Hearken Psalm 50:15-21 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me... Proverbs 28:9 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. Cross References Deuteronomy 11:29 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. Deuteronomy 11:30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak of Moreh? Judges 9:6 And all the leaders of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem. Judges 9:8 The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' Jump to Previous Aloud Citizens Climbed Cried Crying Declare Ear Hearing Hearken Jotham Lifted Masters Mount Shechem Shouted Standeth Stood Top Townsmen VoiceJump to Next Aloud Citizens Climbed Cried Crying Declare Ear Hearing Hearken Jotham Lifted Masters Mount Shechem Shouted Standeth Stood Top Townsmen VoiceLinks Judges 9:7 NIVJudges 9:7 NLT Judges 9:7 ESV Judges 9:7 NASB Judges 9:7 KJV Judges 9:7 Bible Apps Judges 9:7 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:7 Chinese Bible Judges 9:7 French Bible Judges 9:7 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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