Judges 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to followb Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. ”

Judges 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Ephraimite pride revolted from Abi-ezrite rulers, and inclined them to one who was a Shechemite by birth. (Compare the same spirit in the time of David and Rehoboam, 2 Samuel 20:1 ; 1 Kings 1...
Judges 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And 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. He is our brother - We...
Judges 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And 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. No JFB commentar...
Judges 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Take notice, how the scheme was carried on. It began in man ' s ambition, unauthorized by God, and was kept up by bribes from an idol. Thus laid in sin; what can the end be but vanity and vexation of...
Judges 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of the men of Shechem all these words ,.... Got them together in some certain place, and laid before them all that Abimelech had suggested to them,...
Judges 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And 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. Ver. 3. And his moth...
Judges 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Usurpation of Abimelech. B. C. 1209. 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Sh...
Judges 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His mother's brethren, i.e. kinsmen, as that word is oft used, as Genesis 14:16 , Genesis 29:12 . He is our brother; they were easily persuaded to believe and follow what served their own int...
Judges 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And his mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of the chief men of Shechem all these words, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, he is our brother.' His uncles pres...
Judges 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abimelech Becomes King
Judges 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 29:15 ; Proverbs 1:11-14 ; Psalms 10:3
Judges 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brethren — That is, kinsmen. He is our brother — They were easily persuaded to believe what served their own interest.

Judges 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes