Passage Research
Judges 9 — Sermon Preparation
Abimelech murders seventy of his brothers to seize kingship over Shechem, but is fatally wounded when a woman drops a millstone on his head. Below is a research summary for Judges 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Judges 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבִימֶלֶךְ | ʼĂbîymelek | H40 | 38 | Abimelek |
| שְׁכֶם | shᵉkem | H7926 | 26 | neck, spur |
| בַּעַל | baʻal | H1167 | 16 | master, husband |
| גַּעַל | Gaʻal | H1603 | 9 | Gaal |
| יְרֻבַּעַל | Yᵉrubbaʻal | H3378 | 9 | Jerubbaal |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 16 | people, tribe |
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 12 | brother |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Judges 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies. (Jdg 9:50-57)”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 9:30–49 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shechem— Judg 9:1
- Lebanon— Judg 9:15
- Midian— Judg 9:17
- Beth-millo— Judg 9:20
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