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Judges 9:2 KJV
Judges · chapter 9 · verse 2 · King James Version
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.Judges 9:2 · King James Version
Judges 9:2 in context
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 Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Key words (Strong's)
- JerubbaalYᵉrubbaʻalJerubbaal, a symbolic name of GideonH3378 →
- rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- ShechemShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- personsʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- Speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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