Judges 8:31

American Standard Version (1901)

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

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  • Gen 16:15 : 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
  • Judg 9:1-5 : 1 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, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake 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. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
  • Judg 9:18 : 18 and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten 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);

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  • Judg 9:1-6
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    1And 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,

    2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

    3And his mother's brethren spake 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.

    4And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

    5And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

    6And all 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.

  • Judg 9:18-19
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    18and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten 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);

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

  • Judg 8:30
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    30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

  • Judg 9:22-29
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    22And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

    23And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

    24that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

    25And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

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

    27And they 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.

    28And 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 ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?

    29And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

  • Judg 9:31
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    31And he sent messengers unto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city [to take part] against thee.

  • Judg 9:39-43
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    39And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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

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

    42And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

    43And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; And he rose up against them, and smote them.

  • Judg 9:50
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    50Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.

  • Judg 9:34-35
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    34And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

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

  • Judg 9:46-48
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    46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.

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

    48And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

  • Gen 22:24
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    24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

  • Judg 8:32
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    32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-31
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    70%

    29And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah;

    30and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

    31and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.

  • 1 Chr 2:29
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    29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

  • Judg 9:53-54
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    53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.

    54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
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    14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

  • 1 Sam 8:2
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    2Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 26:10
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    10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  • 2 Chr 11:20
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    20And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

  • Gen 21:32
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    32So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

  • 1 Chr 1:32
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    32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

  • 1 Chr 8:3
    67%

    3And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,