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“ 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, ”

Judges 9:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We are not told how soon after the death of Gideon these events happened. There must have been time for the apostacy and establishment of Baal-worship, and for the development of ill-will between A...
Judges 9:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his (a) mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, (a) To practice with h...
Judges 9:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9. The Kingship and Fall of Abimelech. The story of Gideon's half-Canaanite son does not equal the finest parts of the book in dramatic interest, but the glimpse which it affords of the rela...
Judges 9:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

brethren. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) for other relatives.
Judges 9:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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, Abimelech - went to Shechem...
Judges 9:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Abimelech is made king, and puts his brethren to death. Jotham, the only surviving one, rebuketh Abimelech and the men of Shechem by a parable, and fortels their ruin. At the siege of Thebez, Abime...
Judges 9:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, Abimelech the son o...
Judges 9:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As being born out of regular wedlock, Abimelech would be brought up at first in his mother's family, and reckoned as belonging to it ( Judges 9:2 ). It seems to have been of considerable position in...
Judges 9:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Abimelech. — This narrative of the rise and fall of Abimelech, “the bramble king,” is singularly vivid in many of its details, while at the same time material facts are so briefly touched upon...
Judges 9:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ABIMELECH AND JOTHAM Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-57 THE history we are tracing moves from man to man; the personal influence of the hero is everything while it lasts and confusion follows on h...
Judges 9:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Through Slaughter to a Throne” Judges 8:29-35 ; Judges 9:1-6 The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show ki...
Judges 9:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The closing statement of the previous chapter constitutes the introduction to this. The words, "As soon as Gideon was dead" and the declaration that then the people returned to evil courses reveal, f...
Judges 9:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter prosecutes the history of Israel, after the death of Gideon. Abimelech, the natural son of Gideon, usurps the government; slays all his brethren, except the youngest, who hid h...
Judges 9:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren ,.... It seems that though the mother of Abimelech lived at Shechem, he was taken and brought up in his father's house...
Judges 9:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, Ver. 1. And communed wit...
Judges 9:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Abimelech went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren That is, her relations; and communed with them To try if he could engage them to favour and aid the design he had conceived to usurp the gover...
Judges 9:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ABIMELECH'SCONSPIRACY (vv. 1-6). Abimelech did not only forget his father's example, but deliberately chose a contrary path of proud self-pleasing. He wanted to rule over Israel and recognized t...
Judges 9:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Usurpation of Abimelech. B. C. 1209. 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Sh...
Judges 9:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JUDGES CHAPTER 9 Abimelech, Gideon's son, by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and the murder of his brethren, Jotham the youngest escaping, is made king, Judges 9:1-6 . Jotham by a parable rebuk...
Judges 9:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 9. Abimelech. Abimelech Becomes Sole Prince of The Gideon Tribes - His Rise and Fall. This chapter contains an account of the craft and cruelty of Abimelech, by which he had himself made...
Judges 9:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ABIMELECH MADE KING Judges 9:1-21 CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 9:1 . And Abimelech .] Some little time may have elapsed after Gideon’s death, so that the air was again filled with tendencies to i...
Judges 9:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:4 . Baal-berith. Berith signifies a covenant, which those bad people had made with Baal. The Greeks had their ζευς ορκιος, their Jupiter, or their Baal, to which they made vows. Judges...
Judges 9:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal. The election of the usurper to be king I. Contrasts in the history of God’s own people. After Gideon--Abimelech! II. The best of fathers may have the worst of...
Judges 9:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:1 The son of Jerubbaal . Throughout this chapter Gideon is spoken of by the name of Jerubbaal. There must be some cause for this. The simplest and most probable cause i...
Judges 9:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, by his concubine, Judges 8:31 , went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, all her nearest relatives, and communed with them and with all the family of the h...
Judges 9:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:1 ; 1 Kings 12:20 ; 1 Kings 12:3 ; 2 Samuel 15:6 ; Genesis 33:18 ; Genesis 34:2 ; Jeremiah 18:18 ; Judges 8:31 ; Psalms 83:2-4

Judges 9:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 9:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 9:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 9:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge