9:1 And
Abimelech
the
sonne
of
Ierubbaal
went
to
Shechem,
vnto
his
mothers
brethren,
and
communed
with
them,
and
with
all
the
family
of
the
house
of
his
mothers
father,
saying;
9:2 Speake,
I
pray
you,
in
the
eares
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem;
Whether
is
better
for
you,
either
that
all
the
sonnes
of
Ierubbaal
(which
are
threescore
and
ten
persons)
reigne
ouer
you,
or
that
one
reigne
ouer
you
Remember
also,
that
I
am
your
bone,
and
your
flesh.
9:3 And
his
mothers
brethren
spake
of
him
in
the
eares
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem,
all
these
wordes,
and
their
hearts
inclined
to
follow
Abimelech:
for
they
said,
He
is
our
brother.
9:4 And
they
gaue
him
threescore
and
ten
pieces
of
siluer,
out
of
the
house
of
Baal-Berith,
wherewith
Abimelech
hired
vaine
&
light
persons,
which
followed
him.
9:5 And
hee
went
vnto
his
fathers
house
at
Ophrah,
and
slewe
his
brethren
the
sonnes
of
Ierubbaal,
being
threescore
and
tenne
persons,
vpon
one
stone:
notwithstanding,
yet
Iotham
the
youngest
sonne
of
Ierubbaal
was
left;
for
he
hid
himselfe.
9:6 And
all
the
men
of
Shechem
gathered
together,
and
all
the
house
of
Millo,
and
went,
and
made
Abimelech
King,
by
the
plaine
of
the
pillar
that
was
in
Shechem.
9:7 And
when
they
told
it
to
Iotham,
he
went
and
stood
in
the
top
of
mount
Gerizim,
and
lift
vp
his
voice,
and
cried,
and
said
vnto
them,
Hearken
vnto
mee,
you
men
of
Shechem,
that
God
may
hearken
vnto
you.
9:8 The
trees
went
foorth
on
a
time
to
annoint
a
King
ouer
them,
and
they
said
vnto
the
Oliue
tree,
Reigne
thou
ouer
vs.
9:9 But
the
Oliue
tree
saide
vnto
them,
Should
I
leaue
my
fatnesse,
wherewith
by
mee
they
honour
God
and
man,
and
goe
to
bee
promoted
ouer
the
trees
9:10 And
the
trees
said
to
the
Figge
tree,
Come
thou,
and
reigne
ouer
vs.
9:11 But
the
Figge
tree
saide
vnto
them,
Should
I
forsake
my
sweetenesse,
and
my
good
fruit,
and
goe
to
be
promoted
ouer
the
trees
9:12 Then
saide
the
trees
vnto
the
Uine,
Come
thou,
and
reigne
ouer
vs.
9:13 And
the
Uine
said
vnto
them,
Should
I
leaue
my
wine,
which
cheareth
God
and
man,
and
goe
to
bee
promoted
ouer
the
trees
9:14 Then
said
all
the
trees
vnto
the
Bramble,
Come
thou,
and
reigne
ouer
vs.
9:15 And
the
Bramble
said
vnto
the
trees,
If
in
trueth
ye
anoint
me
King
ouer
you,
then
come,
and
put
your
trust
in
my
shadow:
and
if
not,
let
fire
come
out
of
the
Bramble,
and
deuoure
the
Cedars
of
Lebanon.
9:16 Now
therefore,
if
yee
haue
done
truely
and
sincerely,
in
that
yee
haue
made
Abimelech
King,
and
if
yee
haue
dealt
well
with
Ierubbaal,
and
his
house,
and
haue
done
vnto
him
according
to
the
deseruing
of
his
hands:
9:17 (For
my
father
fought
for
you,
and
aduentured
his
life
farre,
and
deliuered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
Midian:
9:18 And
yee
are
risen
vp
against
my
fathers
house
this
day,
and
haue
slaine
his
sonnes,
threescore
aud
ten
persons,
vpon
one
stone,
and
haue
made
Abimelech
the
sonne
of
his
maidseruant,
king
ouer
the
men
of
Shechem,
because
he
is
your
brother.)
9:19 If
yee
then
haue
dealt
truely
and
sincerely
with
Ierubbaal,
and
with
his
house
this
day,
then
reioyce
yee
in
Abimelech,
aud
let
him
also
reioyce
in
you.
9:20 But
if
not,
let
fire
come
out
from
Abimelech,
and
deuoure
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
deuoure
Abimeleeh.
9:21 And
Iotham
ran
away,
and
fled,
and
went
to
Beer,
and
dwelt
there
for
feare
of
Abimeleeh
his
brother.
9:22 When
Abimelech
had
reigned
three
yeeres
ouer
Israel,
9:23 Then
God
sent
an
euill
spirit
betweene
Abimelech
&
the
men
of
Shechem:
and
the
men
of
Shechem
dealt
treacherously
with
Abimelech:
9:24 That
the
crueltie
done
to
the
threescore
and
ten
sonnes
of
Ierubbaal
might
come,
and
their
blood
be
laid
vpon
Abimelech
their
brother
which
slew
them,
and
vpon
the
men
of
Shechem
which
aided
him
in
the
killing
of
his
brethren.
9:25 And
the
men
of
Shechem
set
lyers
in
wait
for
him
in
the
toppe
of
the
mountaines,
and
they
robbed
all
that
came
along
that
way
by
them:
and
it
was
told
Abimelech.
9:26 And
Gaal
the
sonne
of
Ebed
came
with
his
brethren,
and
went
ouer
to
Shechem:
and
the
men
of
Shechem
put
their
confidence
in
him.
9:27 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
eate
and
drinke,
and
cursed
Abimelech.
9:28 And
Gaal
the
sonne
of
Ebed
said,
Who
is
Abimelech,
and
who
is
Shechem,
that
we
should
serue
him
Is
not
he
the
sonne
of
Ierubbaal
and
Zebul
his
officer
serue
the
men
of
Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem:
for
why
should
we
serue
him
9:29 And
would
to
God
this
people
were
vnder
my
hand;
then
would
I
remoue
Abimelech.
And
he
said
to
Abimelech,
Increase
thine
armie
and
come
out.
9:30 And
when
Zebul
the
ruler
of
the
citie
heard
the
wordes
of
Gaal
the
sonne
of
Ebed,
his
anger
was
kindled.
9:31 And
he
sent
messengers
vnto
Abimelech
priuily,
saying,
Behold,
Gaal
the
sonne
of
Ebed,
and
his
brethren,
be
come
to
Shechem,
and
behold,
they
fortifie
the
citie
against
thee.
9:32 Now
therefore
vp
by
night,
thou
and
the
people
that
is
with
thee,
and
lie
in
wait
in
the
field.
9:33 And
it
shalbe,
that
in
the
morning
assoone
as
the
Sunne
is
vp,
thou
shalt
rise
earely,
and
set
vpon
the
citie:
and
behold,
when
he
and
the
people
that
is
with
him,
come
out
against
thee,
then
mayest
thou
doe
to
them
as
thou
shalt
finde
occasion.
9:34 And
Abimelech
rose
vp,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
by
night,
and
they
laid
wait
against
Shechem
in
foure
companies.
9:35 And
Gaal
the
sonne
of
Ebed
went
out,
and
stood
in
the
entring
of
the
gate
of
the
citie:
and
Abimelech
rose
vp,
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
from
lying
in
waite.
9:36 And
when
Gaal
saw
the
people,
he
said
to
Zebul,
Behold,
there
come
people
downe
fro
the
top
of
the
mountaines.
And
Zebul
saide
vnto
him,
Thou
seest
the
shadow
of
the
mountaines,
as
if
they
were
men.
9:37 And
Gaal
spake
againe,
and
said,
See,
there
come
people
downe
by
the
middle
of
the
land,
and
another
companie
come
along
by
the
plaine
of
Meonenim.
9:38 Then
said
Zebul
vnto
him,
Where
is
now
thy
mouth,
wherwith
thou
saidst,
Who
is
Abimelech,
that
wee
should
serue
him
Is
not
this
the
people
that
thou
hast
despised
Goe
out,
I
pray
now,
and
fight
with
them.
9:39 And
Gaal
went
out
before
the
men
of
Shechem,
and
fought
with
Abimelech.
9:40 And
Abimelech
chased
him,
and
hee
fledde
before
him,
and
many
were
ouerthrowen
and
wounded,
euen
vnto
the
entring
of
the
gate.
9:41 And
Abimelech
dwelt
at
Arumah:
and
Zebul
thrust
out
Gaal
and
his
brethren,
that
they
should
not
dwell
in
Shechem.
9:42 And
it
came
to
passe
on
the
morrow,
that
the
people
went
out
into
the
field,
and
they
tolde
Abimelech.
9:43 And
he
tooke
the
people,
and
diuided
them
into
three
companies,
and
laide
waite
in
the
field,
and
looked,
and
behold,
the
people
were
come
forth
out
of
the
citie,
and
he
rose
vp
against
them,
and
smote
them.
9:44 And
Abimelech,
and
the
companie
that
was
with
him,
rushed
forward,
and
stood
in
the
entring
of
the
gate
of
the
citie:
and
the
two
other
companies
ranne
vpon
all
the
people
that
were
in
the
fields,
and
slew
them.
9:45 And
Abimelech
fought
against
the
citie
all
that
day,
and
he
tooke
the
citie,
and
slewe
the
people
that
was
therein,
and
beat
downe
the
citie,
and
sowed
it
with
salt.
9:46 And
when
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
heard
that,
they
entred
into
an
holde
of
the
house
of
the
god
Berith.
9:47 And
it
was
told
Abimelech,
that
all
the
men
of
the
towre
of
Shechem
were
gathered
together.
9:48 And
Abimelech
gate
him
vp
to
mount
Zalmon,
hee
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
&
Abimelech
tooke
an
axe
in
his
hand,
and
cut
downe
a
bough
from
the
trees,
and
tooke
it,
and
laide
it
on
his
shoulder,
and
said
vnto
the
people
that
were
with
him,
What
ye
haue
seene
me
doe,
make
haste,
and
doe
as
I
haue
done.
9:49 And
all
the
people
likewise
cut
downe
euery
man
his
bough,
and
followed
Abimelech,
and
put
them
to
the
holde,
and
set
the
holde
on
fire
vpon
them:
so
that
all
the
men
of
the
towre
of
Shechem
died
also,
about
a
thousand
men
and
women.
9:50 Then
went
Abimelech
to
Thebez,
and
encamped
against
Thebez,
and
tooke
it.
9:51 But
there
was
a
strong
towre
within
the
city,
and
thither
fled
all
the
men
and
women,
and
all
they
of
the
citie,
and
shut
it
to
them,
and
gate
them
vp
to
the
top
of
the
towre.
9:52 And
Abimelech
came
vnto
the
towre,
and
fought
against
it,
and
went
hard
vnto
the
doore
of
the
towre,
to
burne
it
with
fire.
9:53 And
a
certaine
woman
cast
a
piece
of
a
milstone
vpon
Abimelechs
head,
and
all
to
brake
his
scull.
9:54 Then
hee
called
hastily
vnto
the
young
man
his
armour-bearer,
and
said
vnto
him,
Draw
thy
sword,
and
slay
me,
that
men
say
not
of
me,
A
woman
slewe
him:
and
his
young
man
thrust
him
through,
and
he
died.
9:55 And
when
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
Abimelech
was
dead,
they
departed
euery
man
vnto
his
place.
9:56 Thus
God
rendred
the
wickednesse
of
Abimelech
which
hee
did
vnto
his
father,
in
slaying
his
seuentie
brethren.
9:57 And
all
the
euill
of
the
men
of
Shechem,
did
God
render
vpon
their
heads:
and
vpon
them
came
the
curse
of
Iotham
the
sonne
of
Ierubbaal.