Judges 9:1
Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
Note Jerubbaal is another name for Gideon and probably means let Baal contend; here and throughout this chapter; see Judges 6:32.
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 of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Abimelech
- Judges 8:31
- Shechem
- Genesis 33:18; Genesis 34:2; 1 Kings 12:1
- communed
- 2 Samuel 15:6; 1 Kings 12:3, 20; Psalm 83:2–4; Jeremiah 18:18