Judges 9:5

Easy To Read Version

Abimelech went to his father’s house at Ophrah. Abimelech murdered his brothers. Abimelech killed the 70 sons of his father, Jerub Baal (Gideon). He killed them all at the same time. [78] But Jerub Baal’s youngest son hid from Abimelech and escaped. The youngest son’s name was Jotham.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:12

Your life and the life of your son Solomon may be in danger. But I will tell you what you should do to save yourself.

1 Kings 1:21

{You must do something before you die.} If you don’t, then after you are buried with your fathers, those men will say that Solomon and I are criminals.”

2 Kings 10:17

Jehu came to Samaria and killed all Ahab’s family that were still alive in Samaria. Jehu killed them all. Jehu did the things that the Lord had told Elijah.

2 Kings 10:7

When the leaders of the city received the letter, they took the king’s sons and killed all 70 of them. Then the leaders put the heads of the king’s sons in baskets. They sent the baskets to Jehu at Jezreel.

2 Kings 11:3

Then Joash and Jehosheba hid in the Lord’s temple. [133] Joash hid there for six years. And Athaliah ruled over the land of Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:4

Jehoram took over his father’s kingdom and made himself strong. Then he used a sword to kill all his brothers. He also killed some of the leaders of Israel.

Matthew 2:16

Herod {\cf2\super [29]} saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time \{the baby was born\}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.

Matthew 2:20

The angel said, “Get up! Take the baby and his mother and go to Israel. The people that were trying to kill the baby are now dead.”

Judges 6:11

At that time, the Angel of the Lord came to a man named Gideon. The Angel of the Lord came and sat down under an oak tree at a place called Ophrah. This oak tree belonged to a man named Joash. Joash was from the Abiezer family. Joash was the father of Gideon. Gideon was beating some wheat [51] in a winepress. [52] The Angel of the Lord sat down near Gideon. Gideon was hiding so the Midianites could not see the wheat.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar [57] in that place to worship the Lord. Gideon named that altar, “The Lord is Peace.” That altar still stands in the city of Ophrah. Ophrah is where the Abiezer family lives.

Judges 8:30

Gideon had 70 sons of his own. He had so many sons because he had many wives.

Judges 9:18

But now you have turned against my father’s family. You have killed 70 of my father’s sons all at the same time. [81] You made Abimelech the new king over the city of Shechem. He is only the son of my father’s slave girl. But you made him king because he is your relative.

Judges 9:2

“Ask the leaders of the city of Shechem this question: ‘Is it better for you to be ruled by the 70 sons of Jerub Baal, or to be ruled by only one man? Remember, I am your relative.’”

Judges 9:6

Then all of the leaders in Shechem and the house of Millo [79] came together. All those people gathered beside the big tree of the pillar in Shechem and made Abimelech their king.