Judges 9:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,

Cross References

Genesis 33:18

So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

2 Samuel 15:6

And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 12:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

1 Kings 12:20

Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

1 Kings 12:3

And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Jeremiah 41:5

Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.

Joshua 20:7

So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba which is Hebron in the hill-country of Judah.

Judges 8:30

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

Judges 8:31

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

Judges 8:35

And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.