Judges 9:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—”
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“but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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;)”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he <FI>is<Fi> your brother--”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 9:18 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 8:30Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Judges 8:35They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
- Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 9:14Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
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