Judges 8:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a sonne also, whose name he called Abimelech.

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  • Gen 16:15 : 15 And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gahan, and Thahash and Maachah.
  • Judg 9:1-5 : 1 Then Abimelech the sonne of Ierubbaal went to Shechem vnto his mothers brethren, & communed with them, and with all the familie, and house of his mothers father, saying, 2 Say, I pray you, in the audience of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sonnes of Ierubbaal, which are seuentie persons, reigne ouer you, either that one reigne ouer you? Remember also, that I am your bone, and your flesh. 3 Then his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Shechem, all these wordes: and their hearts were moued to followe Abimelech: for sayd they, He is our brother. 4 And they gaue him seuentie pieces of siluer out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vayne and light fellowes which followed him. 5 And he went vnto his fathers house at Ophrah, & slew his brethren, the sonnes of Ierubbaal, about seuentie persons vpon one stone: yet Iotham the yongest sonne of Ierubbaal was left: for he hid himselfe.
  • Judg 9:18 : 18 And yee are risen vp against my fathers house this day, and haue slayne his children, about seuentie persons vpon one stone, and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his mayde seruant, King ouer the men of Shechem, because hee is your brother)

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  • Judg 9:1-6
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    1Then Abimelech the sonne of Ierubbaal went to Shechem vnto his mothers brethren, & communed with them, and with all the familie, and house of his mothers father, saying,

    2Say, I pray you, in the audience of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sonnes of Ierubbaal, which are seuentie persons, reigne ouer you, either that one reigne ouer you? Remember also, that I am your bone, and your flesh.

    3Then his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Shechem, all these wordes: and their hearts were moued to followe Abimelech: for sayd they, He is our brother.

    4And they gaue him seuentie pieces of siluer out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vayne and light fellowes which followed him.

    5And he went vnto his fathers house at Ophrah, & slew his brethren, the sonnes of Ierubbaal, about seuentie persons vpon one stone: yet Iotham the yongest sonne of Ierubbaal was left: for he hid himselfe.

    6And all the men of Shechem gathered together with all the house of Millo, and came & made Abimelech King in the playne, where the stone was erected in Shechem.

  • Judg 9:18-19
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    18And yee are risen vp against my fathers house this day, and haue slayne his children, about seuentie persons vpon one stone, and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his mayde seruant, King ouer the men of Shechem, because hee is your brother)

    19If ye then haue delt truely and purely with Ierubbaal, and with his house this day, then reioyce with you.

  • Judg 8:30
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    30And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.

  • Judg 9:22-29
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    22So Abimelech reigned three yeere ouer Israel.

    23But God sent an euil spirit betweene Abimelech, and the men of Shechem: and the men of Shechem brake their promise to Abimelech,

    24That the crueltie toward the seuentie sonnes of Ierubbaal and their blood might come & be laide vpon Abimelech their brother, which had slayne them, and vpon the men of Shechem, which had ayded him to kill his brethren.

    25So the men of Shechem set men in wayte for him in the toppes of the mountaines: who robbed all that passed that way by them: and it was tolde Abimelech.

    26Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed came with his brethren, and they went to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

    27Therefore they went out into the field, & gathered in their grapes and troade them, and made mery, & went into the house of their gods, and did eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.

    28Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed sayde, Who is Abimelech? and who is Shechem, that wee should serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierubbaal? and Zebul is his officer? Serue rather the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serue him?

    29Now would God this people were vnder mine hand: then would I put away Abimelech; he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.

  • Judg 9:31
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    31Therefore he sent messengers vnto Abimelech priuily, saying, Beholde, Gaal the sonne of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem, and beholde, they fortifie the citie against thee.

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

    40But Abimelech pursued him, and he fledde before him, and many were ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto the entring of the gate.

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

    42And on the morowe, the people went out into the fielde: which was tolde Abimelech.

    43And he tooke the people, and deuided them into three bandes, and layde wayte in the fieldes, and looked, and beholde, the people were come out of the citie, & he rose vp against them, and smote them.

  • Judg 9:50
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    50Then went Abimelech to Tebez, and besieged Tebez, and tooke it.

  • Judg 9:34-35
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    34So Abimelech rose vp, and all the people that were with him by night: and they lay in wayte against Shechem in foure bandes.

    35Then Gaal the sonne of Ebed went out & stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, and the folke that were with him, from lying in waite.

  • Judg 9:46-48
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    46And when all the men of the towre of Shechem heard it, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.

    47And it was tolde Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.

    48And Abimelech gate him vp to mounte Zalmon, hee and all the people that were with him: and Abimelech tooke axes with him, and cut downe boughes of trees, and tooke them, and bare them on his shoulder, and sayde vnto the folke that were with him, What ye haue seene me doe, make haste, and doe like me.

  • Gen 22:24
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    24And his concubine called Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gahan, and Thahash and Maachah.

  • Judg 8:32
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    32So Gideon the sonne of Ioash dyed in a good age, & was buried in the sepulchre of Ioash his father in Ophrah, of the father of ye Ezrites.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-31
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    29And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maachah.

    30And his eldest sonne was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

    31And Gidor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

  • 1 Chr 2:29
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    29And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abiahil, and shee bare him Ahban and Molid.

  • Judg 9:53-54
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    53But a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his braine pan.

    54Then Abimelech called hastily his page that bare his harneis, and sayde vnto him, Drawe thy sworde and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slewe him; his page thrust him thorowe, and he dyed.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
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    14The sonne of Manasseh was Ashriel whom she bare vnto him, but his concubine of Aram bare Machir the father of Gilead.

  • 2 Chr 13:21
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    21So Abiiah waxed mightie, and marryed foureteene wiues, and begate two and twentie sonnes, and sixteene daughters.

  • 1 Sam 8:2
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    2(And the name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the second Abiah) euen Iudges in Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 26:10
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    10Then Abimelech said, Why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people had almost lien by thy wife, so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

  • 2 Chr 11:20
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    20And after her he tooke Maakah ye daughter of Absalom which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

  • Gen 21:32
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    32Thus made they a couenant at Beer-sheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol his chiefe captaine rose vp, and turned againe vnto the land of the Philistims.

  • 1 Chr 1:32
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    32And Keturah Abrahams concubine bare sonnes, Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, & Shuah: and the sonnes of Iokshan, Sheba, and Dedan.

  • 1 Chr 8:3
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    3And the sonnes of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,