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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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:23 Or landowners
  2. Judges 9:23 Or landowners
  3. Judges 9:24 Lit of the seventy
  4. Judges 9:24 Or landowners
  5. Judges 9:24 Lit strengthened his hands
  6. Judges 9:25 Or landowners

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