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Judges 9:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 9:18

Verse 18 of 57

Scripture focus

And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he [is] your brother;)

Judges 9:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 9:18

Theological / Devotional

Have slain his sons. Because they financed Abimelech in his evil deed Jotham held the men of Shechem jointly responsible for the murder of his brothers.

Maidservant. That is, a slave concubine. The term is intentionally contemptuous.

Chapter 9:1 indicates that Gideon’s concubine was probably a freewoman, perhaps from an influential family.

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