Judges 8:31

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Gen 16:15 : 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
  • Gen 20:2 : 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of rar sent, and took Sarah.
  • Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
  • Judg 9:1-5 : 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed 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, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign 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 persons, which 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: notwithstanding yet 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 maidservant, 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 communed 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, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign 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 persons, which 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: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

    6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain 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 maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

    19If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely 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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    22When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

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

    24That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.

    25And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top 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 confidence in him.

    27And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, 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 the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

    29And would to God 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 rendered 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 privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city 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 many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

    41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust 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 looked, and, behold, the people were come 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 entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

  • Judg 9:46-48
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    46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god 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, and laid it on his shoulder, and 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 bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

  • 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 Abi-ezrites.

  • 1 Chr 8:29-31
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    70%

    29And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:

    30And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

    31And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

  • 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 a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

    54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay 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; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

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

  • 1 Sam 8:2
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    2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: 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 lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

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

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

  • 1 Chr 1:32
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    32Now 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
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    3And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,