Judges 9:22-25
New American Standard Bible
Shechem and Abimelech Fall
22 Now Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years. 23 (A)Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the [a]leaders of Shechem; and the [b]leaders of Shechem (B)dealt treacherously with Abimelech, 24 (C)so that the violence [c]done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal would come, and the responsibility for (D)their blood would be placed on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the [d]leaders of Shechem, who [e]encouraged him to kill his brothers. 25 The [f]leaders of Shechem set up men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who would pass by them on the road; and it was reported to Abimelech.
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- Judges 9:23 Or landowners
- Judges 9:23 Or landowners
- Judges 9:24 Lit of the seventy
- Judges 9:24 Or landowners
- Judges 9:24 Lit strengthened his hands
- Judges 9:25 Or landowners
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