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Judges 9:1 open_in_new
brethren. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) for other relatives.
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Judges 9:2 open_in_new
men. masters, lords, or owners. Hebrew. baalim.
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Judges 9:4 open_in_new
light. rash.
persons. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
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Judges 9:6 open_in_new
plain. oak.
of the pillar. Genitive of Apposition. that is to say, the pillar made of oak. See Joshua 24:26. Compare Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 31:45; Genesis 35:14; Genesis 35:20; 2 Samuel 18:18.
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Judges 9:7 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. Not Jehovah in covenant.
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Judges 9:8 open_in_new
The trees. This is pare allegory (App-6). The interpretation is local and historical. The application is dispensational.
went forth. Verb, duplicated by Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Very emphatic. ". going forth they went forth", or went forth with great earnestness of purpose.
the olive tree. Israel's religious privileges. Romans 11.
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Judges 9:9 open_in_new
honour. Compare Exodus 27:20; Exodus 27:21.Leviticus 2:1. The interpretation of these three "honour", &c. is clear from the context. An application may be made as to what should be seen in Israel and in ourselves.
go. march about, instead of fulfilling my mission.
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Judges 9:10 open_in_new
the fig tree. Israel's national privileges (Matthew 21:19; Matthew 21:20; Mark 11:13; Mark 11:20; Mark 11:21.Luke 13:6-9; Luke 13:6-9).
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Judges 9:11 open_in_new
forsake. Same Hebrew as "leave" in Judges 9:9 and Judges 9:13.
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Judges 9:13 open_in_new
leave. Same Hebrew as "forsake" (Judges 9:11).
wine. new wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27.
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Judges 9:14 open_in_new
the bramble. This is prophetic of the false nation under the rule of Antichrist, which will devour the nation as foreshown in Judges 9:20.
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Judges 9:15 open_in_new
put your trust. flee for refuge. Hebrew. hasah. App-69.
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Judges 9:17 open_in_new
Note the parenthesis of verses: Judges 9:17; Judges 9:18.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Judges 9:22 open_in_new
reigned. exercised power over. Hebrew. sur, Occurs only here, and Hosea 8:4; Hosea 12:4.
three years.. usurpation, and therefore not included in Anno Dei reckoning. See App-50. They are concurrent with Tola's first three.
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Judges 9:23 open_in_new
God. Elohim. Not Jehovah.
an evil spirit. an evil ruach. App-9.
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Judges 9:28 open_in_new
Shechem. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "the son of Shechem".
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Judges 9:29 open_in_new
would to God. would that. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
And he said. The Septuagint reads "and say".
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Judges 9:31 open_in_new
privily. deceitfully or craftily.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
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Judges 9:33 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Judges 9:37 open_in_new
plain. oak.
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Judges 9:38 open_in_new
now.. special various reading called S evir has "thou" (emphatic) instead of "now". I pray thee, thou, &c.
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Judges 9:41 open_in_new
dwelt. waited, or sat down.
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Judges 9:44 open_in_new
ran. rushed
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Judges 9:46 open_in_new
Berith. covenant. a sanctuary.
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Judges 9:48 open_in_new
trees. brushwood.
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Judges 9:52 open_in_new
hard. close.
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Judges 9:53 open_in_new
a piece of a. an upper.
all to brake. altogether brake. (Obsolete.)
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Judges 9:54 open_in_new
A woman slew. See note on Judges 4:21.
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Judges 9:56 open_in_new
rendered. requited. Hebrew brought back.
wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'.