1Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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Judges 8:31, Judges 8:31, Psalms 83:2, Psalms 83:4, Psalms 83:2

2"Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'"

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Judges 8:30, Genesis 29:14, Judges 8:30, Genesis 29:14, Hebrews 2:14

3His mother's brothers 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."

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Genesis 29:15, Genesis 29:15, Psalms 10:3, Proverbs 1:11, Proverbs 1:14

4They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

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Judges 8:33, Judges 8:33, 2 Chronicles 13:7, Judges 11:3, Acts 17:5

5He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

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2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:2, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:2, 2 Chronicles 21:4

6All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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2 Samuel 5:9, 2 Samuel 5:9, 1 Kings 12:25, 2 Kings 12:20, 1 Kings 12:1

7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

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Deuteronomy 11:29, Deuteronomy 11:29, Deuteronomy 27:12, John 4:20, Deuteronomy 27:12

8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign you over us.'

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Judges 8:22, Judges 8:23, 2 Kings 14:9, Daniel 4:10, Daniel 4:18

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 wave back and forth over the trees?'

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Exodus 29:7, Exodus 29:2, 1 Kings 19:15, 1 Kings 19:16, Acts 10:38

10"The trees said to the fig tree, 'Come, and reign over us.'

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11"But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'

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Luke 13:6, Luke 13:7, Luke 13:6, Luke 13:7

12"The trees said to the vine, 'Come, and reign over us.'

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13"The vine said to them, 'Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'

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Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 10:19, Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 10:19, Numbers 15:5

14"Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come, and reign over us.'

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2 Kings 14:9, 2 Kings 14:9

15"The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'

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Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:2, Hosea 14:7, Judges 9:20, Isaiah 2:13

16"Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands

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Judges 8:35, Judges 8:35

17(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

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Romans 5:8, Judges 8:4, Judges 8:10, Judges 7:1, Judges 7:25

18and you are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother).

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Judges 9:5, Judges 9:6, Judges 9:5, Judges 9:6, Judges 9:14

19If you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

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Isaiah 8:6, Isaiah 8:6, Philippians 3:3, James 4:16, Philippians 3:3

20but 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."

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Judges 9:15, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:56, Judges 9:57, 2 Chronicles 20:22

21And Jotham escaped and fled and went to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

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Numbers 21:16, Numbers 21:16, 2 Samuel 20:14, Joshua 19:8, 2 Samuel 20:14

22Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

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23God sent a spirit of hostility between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

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Isaiah 33:1, Isaiah 33:1, Isaiah 19:14, Isaiah 19:14, Isaiah 19:2

24that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.

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1 Kings 2:32, 1 Kings 2:32, Esther 9:25, Psalms 7:16, Esther 9:25

25The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them. And it was told to Abimelech.

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Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:13, Proverbs 1:11, Proverbs 1:12, Joshua 8:12

26Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.

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Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:7

27They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

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Judges 9:4, Judges 9:4, Luke 17:26, Luke 17:29, Daniel 5:23

28Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem. But why should we serve him?

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Genesis 34:2, Genesis 34:2, 1 Samuel 25:10, Genesis 34:6, 1 Samuel 25:10

29Would that this people were under my hand! Then would I remove Abimelech." He said to Abimelech, "Increase your army, and come out."

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2 Samuel 15:4, 2 Samuel 15:4, Romans 1:30, Romans 1:31, 1 Kings 20:11

30When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

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31He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, "Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and behold, they constrain the city to take part against you.

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32Now therefore, rise up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.

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Proverbs 1:11, Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 4:16, Job 24:14, Job 24:17

33And it shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city. And behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then do whatever you can to them."

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1 Samuel 10:7, 1 Samuel 10:7, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Leviticus 25:26

34Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

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35Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush.

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36When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Behold, there are people coming down from the tops of the mountains." Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men."

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Mark 8:24, Ezekiel 7:7, Mark 8:24, Ezekiel 7:7

37Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, there are people coming down by the central part of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim."

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Deuteronomy 18:14, Deuteronomy 18:14

38Then Zebul said to him, "Where is now your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Is not this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them."

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Judges 9:28, Judges 9:29, Judges 9:28, Judges 9:29, 2 Samuel 2:26

39Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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40Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.

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1 Kings 20:18, 1 Kings 20:21, 1 Kings 20:30, 1 Kings 20:18, 1 Kings 20:21

41Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

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Judges 9:30, Judges 9:28, Judges 9:30, Judges 9:28

42It happened on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

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43He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and waited in ambush in the field; and he looked, and behold, the people came forth out of the city. He rose up against them, and struck them.

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44Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed against all who were in the field, and struck them.

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Galatians 5:15, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:20, Galatians 5:15, Judges 9:15

45Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were in it. And he destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.

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2 Kings 3:25, 2 Kings 3:25, Deuteronomy 29:23, Deuteronomy 29:23, James 2:13

46When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El Berith.

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Judges 8:33, Judges 8:33, Judges 9:4, Judges 9:4, Isaiah 28:15

47It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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48Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, do quickly, and do as I have done."

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Psalms 68:14, Psalms 68:14, Judges 7:17, Judges 7:18, Proverbs 1:11

49All the people likewise cut down his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men of the Tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

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Judges 9:20, James 3:16, Galatians 5:15, Judges 9:15, Judges 9:20

50Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

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51But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women fled, and all those of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.

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52Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

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Judges 9:48, Judges 9:49, 2 Kings 14:10, 2 Kings 15:16, Judges 9:48

53A certain woman threw down an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

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2 Samuel 11:21, 2 Samuel 11:21, Job 31:3, Job 31:3, Judges 9:20

54Then he called quickly to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, 'A woman killed him.'" So the young man thrust him through, and he died.

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1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:5, 1 Samuel 31:4, 1 Samuel 31:5

55When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.

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1 Kings 22:35, 1 Kings 22:36, 2 Samuel 18:16, Proverbs 22:10, 2 Samuel 20:21

56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;

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Psalms 94:23, Psalms 94:23, Proverbs 5:22, Judges 9:24, Proverbs 5:22

57and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God return on their heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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Judges 9:20, Judges 9:20, Judges 9:45, 1 Kings 16:34, Joshua 6:26