KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 9:32–47
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Judges 9:32
32Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
32Now therefore vp by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field.
Judges 9:33
33And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
33And it shalbe, that in the morning assoone as the Sunne is vp, thou shalt rise earely, and set vpon the citie: and behold, when he and the people that is with him, come out against thee, then mayest thou doe to them †as thou shalt finde occasion.
- Hebr. as thine hand shall find.
Judges 9:34
34¶ And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
34¶ And Abimelech rose vp, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in foure companies.
Judges 9:35
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.
35And Gaal the sonne of Ebed went out, and stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, and the people that were with him, from lying in waite.
Judges 9:36
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people downe frō the top of the mountaines. And Zebul saide vnto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountaines, as if they were men.
Judges 9:37
37And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
37And Gaal spake againe, and said, See, there come people downe by the †middle of the land, and another companie come along by the plaine of ‖Meonenim.
- Heb. nauell
- Or, the regarders of times.
Judges 9:38
38Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
38Then said Zebul vnto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherwith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that wee should serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despised? Goe out, I pray now, and fight with them.
Judges 9:39
39And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
39And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges 9:40
40And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
40And Abimelech chased him, and hee fledde before him, and many were ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto the entring of the gate.
Judges 9:41
41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
41And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Judges 9:42
42And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
42And it came to passe on the morrow, that the people went out into the field, and they tolde Abimelech.
Judges 9:43
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.
43And he tooke the people, and diuided them into three companies, and laide waite in the field, and looked, and behold, the people were come forth out of the citie, and he rose vp against them, and smote them.
Judges 9:44
44And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
44And Abimelech, and the companie that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entring of the gate of the citie: and the two other companies ranne vpon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
Judges 9:45
45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
45And Abimelech fought against the citie all that day, and he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and beat downe the citie, and sowed it with salt.
Judges 9:46
46¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
46¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entred into an holde of the house of the god Berith.
Judges 9:47
47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
47And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:32
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:33
To get up, ascend, appear, increase, begin, or come forth from rest or death.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Near the beginning of a time; soon or before the usual time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
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To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
An opportunity, circumstance, incident, or cause that gives rise to an action or event.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:34
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
The number following three and preceding five.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Groups of persons associated or gathered together; fellowships or bands.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
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Judges 9:35
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Coming or going in; flowing in; piercing; penetrating; setting down in writing; enlisting; engaging.
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Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
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Judges 9:36
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.
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Judges 9:37
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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The center or central part of the object, place, or watch named.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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A group of persons associated or gathered together; fellowship or companionship.
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Lengthwise beside, by, or along the named river, coast, boundary, altar, or side.
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Level or open land with little rise or depression; also clear, evident, simple, or unadorned, according to context.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:38
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
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In, at, or to what place; in the place or circumstance in which.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Said: spoke, declared, told, or expressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
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Contemned; disdained; abhorred.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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A battle, struggle, or contest; as a verb, to contend.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Judges 9:39
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
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Contended in battle, conflict, struggle, or opposition.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:40
Pursued or driven in flight.
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To flee: to run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
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A great number; numerous persons or things.
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Hurt; injured.
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As far as, up to, or extending to the stated limit.
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Coming or going in; flowing in; piercing; penetrating; setting down in writing; enlisting; engaging.
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Judges 9:41
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
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Judges 9:42
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
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Judges 9:43
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
The number following two and preceding four.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Groups of persons associated or gathered together; fellowships or bands.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Struck, beat, wounded, afflicted, or slew.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Judges 9:44
A group of persons associated or gathered together; fellowship or companionship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Moved or dashed forward suddenly and forcefully.
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Toward the front or onward; also to advance, promote, or send onward.
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Coming or going in; flowing in; piercing; penetrating; setting down in writing; enlisting; engaging.
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The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Groups of persons associated or gathered together; fellowships or bands.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Judges 9:45
Contended in battle, conflict, struggle, or opposition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause, just or unjust, or for punishment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Scattered on ground, as seed; sprinkled with seed, as ground.
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A mineral substance used for seasoning and preservation; figuratively, a preserving or purifying influence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Judges 9:46
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Went or came in; was admitted, introduced, or penetrated.
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To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
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A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 9:47
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To collect, bring together, or assemble.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
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From verse 32
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Open the full verse study11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Open the full verse study16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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Open the full verse study15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
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Open the full verse study14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
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Open the full verse study4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
From verse 33
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Open the full verse study7And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
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Open the full verse study10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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Open the full verse study8Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
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Open the full verse study26And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
From verse 36
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Open the full verse study7The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
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Open the full verse study24And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
From verse 37
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Open the full verse study14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
From verse 38
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Open the full verse study28And 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.
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Open the full verse study8¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
11But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
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Open the full verse study26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
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Open the full verse study28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
From verse 40
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Open the full verse study18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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Open the full verse study30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
From verse 41
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Open the full verse study28And 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?
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Open the full verse study30¶ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
From verse 44
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Open the full verse study15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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Open the full verse study15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Open the full verse study20But 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.
From verse 45
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Open the full verse study25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
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Open the full verse study23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
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Open the full verse study25¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
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Open the full verse study11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
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Open the full verse study13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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Open the full verse study34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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Open the full verse study9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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Open the full verse study33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
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Open the full verse study4And 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.
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Open the full verse study8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
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Open the full verse study26And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
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Open the full verse study2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
4Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
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Open the full verse study15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
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Open the full verse study38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
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Open the full verse study27And 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.
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