Judges 9:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ (For my father fought for you, and adventuredf his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: ”

Judges 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This fable and that noted in the marginal reference are the only two of the kind found in Scripture. Somewhat different are the parables of the Old Testament, 2 Samuel 12:1-4 ; 2 Samuel 14:5-11 ;...
Judges 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jotham's Fable. Only in an apologue could Jotham, the sole survivor of Abimelech's massacre, express what was in his bitter, broken heart. The point of his fable is easily caught. His father and hi...
Judges 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Note the parenthesis of verses: Judges 9:17 ; Judges 9:18 . life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Judges 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
Judges 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And 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 Leba...
Judges 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Story of Abimelech This chapter breaks the regular order of the book, since Abimelech is not thought of as a judge, and the Canaanites are not here regarded as oppressors. The story, however,...
Judges 9:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Adventured his life. — Literally, as in the margin, cast his life (LXX., εῤῥιψε), like the Latin projicere vitam (Lucan, Phars. iv. 516). Comp. the reading paraboleusamenos in Philippians...
Judges 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bramble King Judges 9:7-21 Men must have leadership. The reason lies deep in human nature. The French Revolutionaries destroyed the royal family, but Robespierre, Danton and Marat were prac...
Judges 9:17 - 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 9:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more evident, from the sequel of Abimelech's history, and which this chapter relates, than that there was a great deal of a prophetic spirit in this declaration of Jotham. The mutual d...
Judges 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For my father fought for you ,.... In the valley of Jezreel, and at Karkor, where with three hundred men he routed and destroyed an army of 135,000: and adventured his life far : which, according...
Judges 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: Ver. 17. And adventured his life. ] Heb., Threw his life far from him, set li...
Judges 9:17 - 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 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jotham's Parable. B. C. 1209. 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood i...
Judges 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Heb. cast away his soul or life far off, out of his reach or power to recover it, i.e. exposed himself to utmost hazard for your sakes.
Judges 9:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and uprightly, in that you have made Abimelech king, if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal, and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of h...
Judges 9:17 - 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 9:17 - 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 9:17 - 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 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 9:7 On the top of Mount Gerizim . Mount Gerizim rises on the south-west side of Samaria or Shechem as a sheer rock about 800 feet in height, facing Mount Ebal, which is s...
Judges 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Parable of Jotham
Judges 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 4:16 ; Judges 7:1-25 ; Judges 8:4-10 ; Revelation 12:11 ; Romans 16:4 ; Romans 5:8

Judges 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge