Judges 9:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

He 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 Kgs 11:1-2 : 1 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, [and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
  • Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom: to this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  • Judg 8:30 : 30 Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.
  • Judg 9:2 : 2 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is 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.
  • 2 Kgs 10:17 : 17 When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah.
  • 2 Chr 21:4 : 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
  • Matt 2:20 : 20 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

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  • Judg 9:16-21
    6 verses
    84%

    16Now 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

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

    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 maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

    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:

    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.

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

  • Judg 9:23-25
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    23God 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 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.

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

  • Judg 9:53-57
    5 verses
    83%

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

    54Then he called hastily 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. His young man thrust him through, and he died.

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

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

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

  • Judg 9:1-4
    4 verses
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    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,

    2Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is 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.

    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.

    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.

  • Judg 9:39-50
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    73%

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

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

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

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

    43He 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; He rose up against them, and struck them.

    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 on all who were in the field, and struck them.

    45Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

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

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

    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 bough 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, make haste, and do as I have done.

    49All the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to 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.

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

  • Judg 9:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    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.

  • Judg 8:29-32
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    72%

    29Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

    30Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

    31His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

    32Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 9:27
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and killed him.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • Judg 8:20
    69%

    20He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

  • Judg 6:25
    69%

    25It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    69%

    7Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 10:7
    69%

    7It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.

  • 2 Sam 3:27
    68%

    27When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • Judg 6:32
    68%

    32Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.

  • 2 Kgs 10:14
    68%

    14He said, Take them alive. They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

  • Judg 12:14
    68%

    14He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

  • Judg 6:29
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    29They said one to another, Who has done this thing? When they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.

  • Judg 8:10
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    10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.