Judges 9:57

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And God also brought back on the heads of the men of Shechem all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came upon them.

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  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo and consume Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:45 : 45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.
  • 1 Kgs 16:34 : 34 During his reign, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, he laid its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son Segub, he set up its gates, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
  • Josh 6:26 : 26 At that time, Joshua pronounced this oath: 'Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up to rebuild this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn, he will lay its foundation; and at the cost of his youngest, he will set up its gates.'

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  • Judg 9:55-56
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    83%

    55When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each returned to their homes.

    56Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.

  • Judg 9:23-27
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    79%

    23Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem acted treacherously against Abimelech.

    24This happened so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be avenged, and their blood laid on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who had supported him in killing his brothers.

    25The leaders of Shechem set up ambushes on the mountaintops, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. This was reported to Abimelech.

    26Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers came to Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their trust in him.

    27They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and held a festival. They entered the temple of their god, where they ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

  • Judg 9:1-7
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    1Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to visit his mother’s relatives. He spoke to them and to the entire family of his mother’s household, saying:

    2"Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: that seventy men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember, I am your own flesh and blood."

    3When Abimelech’s mother’s relatives spoke all of his words to the leaders of Shechem, their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother."

    4They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and with it Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men who followed him.

    5He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, escaped by hiding himself.

    6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered together. They went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.

    7When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice, called out, and said to them, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

  • Judg 9:46-47
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    46When all the citizens of the tower of Shechem heard about this, they went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

    47When Abimelech was told that all the people of the tower of Shechem had gathered there,

  • Judg 9:18-20
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    18but today you have risen up against my father’s house and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your brother—

    19if you have acted faithfully and sincerely toward Jerubbaal and his family today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

    20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo and consume Abimelech.

  • Judg 9:49
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    49So each of his men cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the stronghold and set it on fire over those inside, so all the people in the tower of Shechem—about a thousand men and women—died.

  • Hos 9:9
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    9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.

  • Ps 83:9
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    9Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah.

  • Judg 9:16
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    16Now, if you acted faithfully and sincerely in making Abimelech king, and if you have treated Jerubbaal and his family well, and if you have repaid him in accordance with what he did for you—

  • Lam 3:65
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    65Give them hardness of heart; may Your curse be upon them.

  • Judg 6:29
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    29They asked one another, 'Who did this?' When they investigated and inquired, they were told, 'Gideon son of Joash did it.'

  • Deut 11:29
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    29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • Gen 34:26
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    26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.

  • 2 Chr 34:24
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    24'This is what the LORD says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its inhabitants, all the curses written in the book that was read in the presence of the king of Judah.