Judges Chapter 9 verse 18 Holy Bible
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 maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
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And you have gone against my father's family this day, and have put to death his sons, even seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his servant-wife, king over the townsmen of Shechem because he is your brother;)
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and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--
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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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And ye have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:)
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and 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);
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and ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he `is' your brother --
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Threescore and ten persons.--See Note on. Judges 9:5.The son of his maidservant.--The term is intentionally contemptuous. It seems clear from Judges 8:31; Judges 9:1, that she was not a slave, but even of high birth among the Canaanites.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewbut youוְאַתֶּ֞ם (wə·’at·tem)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine pluralStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youhave risen upקַמְתֶּ֨ם (qam·tem)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 6965: To arise, stand up, standagainstעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstmy father'sאָבִי֙ (’ā·ḇî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1: Fatherhouseבֵּ֤ית (bêṯ)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1004: A housethis dayהַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3117: A dayand killedוַתַּהַרְג֧וּ (wat·ta·har·ḡū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 2026: To smite with deadly intenthis seventyשִׁבְעִ֥ים (šiḇ·‘îm)Number - common pluralStrong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)sonsבָּנָ֛יו (bā·nāw)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1121: A sononעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againsta singleאֶחָ֑ת (’e·ḥāṯ)Number - feminine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firststone,אֶ֣בֶן (’e·ḇen)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 68: A stoneand you have made Abimelech,אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite namethe sonבֶּן־ (ben-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1121: A sonof his maidservant,אֲמָתוֹ֙ (’ă·mā·ṯōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 519: A maidservant, female slavekingוַתַּמְלִ֜יכוּ (wat·tam·lî·ḵū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counseloverעַל־ (‘al-)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstthe leadersבַּעֲלֵ֣י (ba·‘ă·lê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1167: A master, a husband, ownerof Shechemשְׁכֶ֔ם (šə·ḵem)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamorbecauseכִּ֥י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionheהֽוּא׃ (hū)Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, areis your brother?אֲחִיכֶ֖ם (’ă·ḥî·ḵem)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 251: A brother, )Jump to PreviousAbimelech House Maidservant Maid-Servant Persons Risen Servant Seventy Shechem Slain Stone Ten Threescore
