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Judges 9:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on top of a large stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid.

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When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.


So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace.  It is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites today.


saying, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who intended to kill the child are dead.’


Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.


When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down all who remained from the house of Ahab in Samaria until he had annihilated his house, according to the word of the Lord spoken to Elijah.


‘Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, “Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal,  rule over you or that one man rule over you? ” Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.’


Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.


Then all the citizens of Shechem and of Beth-millo gathered together and proceeded to make Abimelech king at the oak of the pillar in Shechem.


and now you have attacked my father’s family today, killed his seventy sons on top of a large stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, king over the citizens of Shechem “because he is your brother” #– #


When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered all seventy, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.


The angel of the Lord   came, and he sat under the oak that was in Ophrah,  which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites.


Now please come and let me advise you.  Save your life and the life of your son Solomon.


Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his ancestors,  I and my son Solomon will be regarded as criminals.’


Joash was in hiding with her in the Lord’s temple six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.





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