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
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
Speak,
I pray you, in the ears
of all the men
of Shechem,
Whether is better
for you, either that all the sons
of Jerubbaal,
which are threescore and ten
persons,
reign
over you, or that one
reign
over you? remember
also that I am your bone
and your flesh.
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
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.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
say
And they gave
him threescore and ten
pieces of silver
out of the house
of Baalberith,
wherewith Abimelech
hired
vain
and light
persons,
which followed
him.
Baalberith
Βααλβεριθ
baalberith
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And he went
unto his father's
house
at Ophrah,
and slew
his brethren
the sons
of Jerubbaal,
being threescore and ten
persons,
upon one
stone:
notwithstanding yet Jotham
the youngest
son
of Jerubbaal
was left;
for he hid
himself.
Ephratha
Εφραθα
ephratha
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
Iōathan
Ιωαθαν
iōathan
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
And all the men
of Shechem
gathered together,
and all the house
of Millo,
and went,
and made
Abimelech
king,
by the plain
of the pillar
that was in Shechem.
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Bēthmaalōn
Βηθμααλων
bēthmaalōn
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
acorn
βαλάνῳ
balanō
discoverable
εὑρετῇ
heuretē
Sikima
Σικιμοις
sikimois
And when they told
it to Jotham,
he went
and stood
in the top
of mount
Gerizim,
and lifted up
his voice,
and cried,
and said
unto them, Hearken
unto me, ye men
of Shechem,
that God
may hearken
unto you.
Iōathan
Ιωαθαν
iōathan
top
κορυφὴν
koryphēn
Garizin
Γαριζιν
garizin
say
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
The trees
went forth
on a time to anoint
a king
over them; and they said
unto the olive tree,
Reign
thou over us.
But the olive tree
said
unto them, Should I leave
my fatness,
wherewith by me they honour
God
and man,
and go
to be promoted
over the trees?
And the trees
said
to the fig tree,
Come
thou, and reign
over us.
But the fig tree
said
unto them, Should I forsake
my sweetness,
and my good
fruit,
and go
to be promoted
over the trees?
Then said
the trees
unto the vine,
Come
thou, and reign
over us.
And the vine
said
unto them, Should I leave
my wine,
which cheereth
God
and man,
and go
to be promoted
over the trees?
Then said
all the trees
unto the bramble,
Come
thou, and reign
over us.
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 Lebanon.
say
bramble
ῥάμνος
rhamnos
lay down
ὑπόστητε
hypostēte
cedar
κέδρους
kedrous
Libanos
Λιβάνου
libanou
Now therefore, if ye have done
truly
and sincerely,
in that ye have made Abimelech
king,
and if ye have dealt
well
with Jerubbaal
and his house,
and have done
unto him according to the deserving
of his hands;
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
(For my father
fought
for you, and adventured
his life
far,
and delivered
you out of the hand
of Midian:
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;
)
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
If ye then have dealt
truly
and sincerely
with Jerubbaal
and with his house
this day,
then rejoice
ye in Abimelech,
and let him also rejoice
in you:
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
But if not, let fire
come out
from Abimelech,
and devour
the men
of Shechem,
and the house
of Millo;
and let fire
come out
from the men
of Shechem,
and from the house
of Millo,
and devour
Abimelech.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Bēthmaallōn
Βηθμααλλων
bēthmaallōn
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Bēthmaallōn
Βηθμααλλων
bēthmaallōn
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And Jotham
ran away,
and fled,
and went
to Beer,
and dwelt
there, for fear
of Abimelech
his brother.
When Abimelech
had reigned
three
years
over Israel,
Then God
sent
an evil
spirit
between Abimelech
and the men
of Shechem;
and the men
of Shechem
dealt treacherously
with Abimelech:
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
That the cruelty
done to the threescore and ten
sons
of Jerubbaal
might come,
and their blood
be laid
upon Abimelech
their brother,
which slew
them; and upon the men
of Shechem,
which aided
him in the killing
of his brethren.
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
And the men
of Shechem
set
liers in wait
for him in the top
of the mountains,
and they robbed
all that came
along that way
by them: and it was told
Abimelech.
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And Gaal
the son
of Ebed
came
with his brethren,
and went over
to Shechem:
and the men
of Shechem
put their confidence
in him.
And they went out
into the fields,
and gathered
their vineyards,
and trode
the grapes, and made
merry,
and went
into the house
of their god,
and did eat
and drink,
and cursed
Abimelech.
festival exultation
ελλουλιμ
elloulim
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And Gaal
the son
of Ebed
said,
Who is Abimelech,
and who is Shechem,
that we should serve
him? is not he the son
of Jerubbaal?
and Zebul
his officer?
serve
the men
of Hamor
the father
of Shechem:
for why should we serve
him?
say
Gaal
Γααλ
gaal
Iōbēl
Ιωβηλ
iōbēl
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
Zeboul
Ζεβουλ
zeboul
Hemmōr
Εμμωρ
emmōr
And would to God this people
were under
my hand!
then would I remove
Abimelech.
And he said
to Abimelech,
Increase
thine army,
and come out.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And when Zebul
the ruler
of the city
heard
the words
of Gaal
the son
of Ebed,
his anger
was kindled.
And he sent
messengers
unto Abimelech
privily,
saying,
Behold, Gaal
the son
of Ebed
and his brethren
be come
to Shechem;
and, behold, they fortify
the city
against thee.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Gaal
Γααλ
gaal
Iōbēl
Ιωβηλ
iōbēl
seated
περικάθηνται
perikathēntai
Now therefore up
by night,
thou and the people
that is with thee, and lie in wait
in the field:
And it shall be, that in the morning,
as soon as the sun
is up,
thou shalt rise early,
and set
upon the city:
and, behold, when he and the people
that is with him come out
against thee, then mayest thou do
to them as thou
shalt find occasion.
And Abimelech
rose up,
and all the people
that were with him, by night,
and they laid wait
against Shechem
in four
companies.
And Gaal
the son
of Ebed
went out,
and stood
in the entering
of the gate
of the city:
and Abimelech
rose up,
and the people
that were with him, from lying in wait.
Gaal
Γααλ
gaal
Iōbēl
Ιωβηλ
iōbēl
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And when Gaal
saw
the people,
he said
to Zebul,
Behold, there come
people
down
from the top
of the mountains.
And Zebul
said
unto him, Thou seest
the shadow
of the mountains
as if they were men.
Gaal
Γααλ
gaal
Iōbēl
Ιωβηλ
iōbēl
say
Zeboul
Ζεβουλ
zeboul
say
Zeboul
Ζεβουλ
zeboul
And Gaal
spake
again
and said,
See there come
people
down
by the middle
of the land,
and another
company
come
along by the plain
of
Meonenim.
Gaal
Γααλ
gaal
say
navel
ὀμφαλοῦ
omphalou
Ēlōnmaōnenim
Ηλωνμαωνενιμ
ēlōnmaōnenim
Then said
Zebul
unto him, Where is now
thy mouth,
wherewith thou saidst,
Who is Abimelech,
that we should serve
him? is not this the people
that thou hast despised?
go out,
I pray now,
and fight
with them.
say
Zeboul
Ζεβουλ
zeboul
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
deploy
παράταξαι
parataxai
And Gaal
went out
before
the men
of Shechem,
and fought
with Abimelech.
And Abimelech
chased
him, and he fled
before
him, and many
were overthrown
and wounded,
even unto the entering
of the gate.
And Abimelech
dwelt
at Arumah:
and Zebul
thrust out
Gaal
and his brethren,
that they should not dwell
in Shechem.
And it came to pass on the morrow,
that the people
went out
into the field;
and they told
Abimelech.
And he took
the people,
and divided
them into three
companies,
and laid wait
in the field,
and looked,
and, behold, the people
were come forth
out of the city;
and he rose up
against them, and smote
them.
And Abimelech,
and the company
that was with him, rushed forward,
and stood
in the entering
of the gate
of the city:
and the two
other companies
ran upon
all the people that were in the fields,
and slew
them.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And Abimelech
fought
against the city
all that day;
and he took
the city,
and slew
the people
that was therein, and beat down
the city,
and sowed
it with salt.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
deploy
παρετάσσετο
paretasseto
And when all the men
of the tower
of Shechem
heard
that, they entered
into an hold
of the house
of the god
Berith.
And it was told
Abimelech,
that all the men
of the tower
of Shechem
were gathered together.
And Abimelech
gat him up
to mount
Zalmon,
he and all the people
that were with him; and Abimelech
took
an axe
in his hand,
and cut down
a bough
from the trees,
and took
it, and laid
it on his shoulder,
and said
unto the people
that were with him, What ye have seen
me do,
make haste,
and do
as I
have done.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
Hermōn
Ερμων
ermōn
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
say
And all the people
likewise cut down
every man
his bough,
and followed
Abimelech,
and put
them to the hold,
and set
the hold
on fire
upon them; so that all the men
of the tower
of Shechem
died
also, about a thousand
men
and women.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
gathering
συνέλευσιν
syneleusin
set on fire
ἐνεπύρισαν
enepyrisan
gathering
συνέλευσιν
syneleusin
Sikima
Σικιμων
sikimōn
Then went
Abimelech
to Thebez,
and encamped
against Thebez,
and took
it.
But there was a strong
tower
within
the city,
and thither fled
all the men
and women,
and all they
of the city,
and shut
it to them, and gat them up
to the top
of the tower.
And Abimelech
came
unto the tower,
and fought
against it, and went hard
unto the door
of the tower
to burn
it with fire.
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
deploy
παρετάξαντο
paretaxanto
Abimelech
Αβιμελεχ
abimelech
And a certain
woman
cast
a piece
of a millstone
upon Abimelech's
head,
and all to brake
his skull.
Then he called
hastily
unto the young man
his armourbearer,
and said
unto him, Draw
thy sword,
and slay
me, that men say
not of me, A woman
slew
him. And his young man
thrust him through,
and he died.
say
say
And when the men
of Israel
saw
that Abimelech
was dead,
they departed
every man
unto his place.
Thus God
rendered
the wickedness
of Abimelech,
which he did
unto his father,
in slaying
his seventy
brethren:
And all the evil
of the men
of Shechem
did God
render
upon their heads:
and upon them came
the curse
of Jotham
the son
of Jerubbaal.
Iōathan
Ιωαθαν
iōathan
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
