Judges 9:57

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God also punished the men of the city of Shechem for the bad things they did. So the things Jotham said came true. (Jotham was Jerub Baal’s youngest son. Jerub Baal was Gideon.)

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:39

And it was on the very same day that I was anointed [20] to be the king. These sons of Zeruiah have caused me a lot of trouble. I hope the Lord gives these men the punishment they deserve.”

1 Kings 16:34

During the time of Ahab, Hiel from Bethel built the town of Jericho again. At the time Hiel started work on the city, his oldest son, Abiram died. And when Hiel built the gates of the city, his youngest son, Segub, died. This happened the way that the Lord said it would happen when he spoke through Joshua son of Nun. [192]

1 Kings 2:32

Joab killed two men who were much better than himself. They were Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. Abner was the commander of Israel’s army and Amasa was the commander of Judah’s army. My father David did not know at that time that Joab had killed them. So the Lord will punish Joab for those men he killed.

Psalm 7:17

I praise the Lord because he is good.\par I praise the name of the Lord Most-High.\par

Psalm 94:23

God will punish those evil judges\par for the bad things they did.\par God will destroy them\par because they sinned.\par The Lord our God will destroy\par those evil judges.\par

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.

Isaiah 3:11

But it will be very bad for the evil people. Much trouble will come to them. They will be punished for all the wrong things they have done.

Joshua 6:26

At that time, Joshua made this important promise. He said:

Judges 1:7

Then the ruler of Bezek said, “I cut the thumbs and big toes off of 70 kings. And those kings had to eat pieces of food that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for the things I did to those kings.” The men of Judah took the ruler of Bezek to Jerusalem and he died there.

Judges 10:1

After Abimelech died, God sent another judge to save the people of Israel. That man’s name was Tola. Tola was the son of a man named Puah. Puah was the son of a man named Dodo. Tola was from the family group of Issachar. Tola lived in the city of Shamir. The city of Shamir was in the hill country of Ephraim.

Judges 9:20

But leaders of Shechem and house of Millo, [82] if you have not acted right, then I hope that Abimelech destroys you. And I hope that Abimelech is destroyed too!”

Judges 9:45

Abimelech and his men fought against the city of Shechem all that day. Abimelech and his men captured the city of Shechem and killed the people of that city. Then Abimelech tore down the city and threw salt over the ruins.

Judges 9:56

In that way, God punished Abimelech for all the bad things he did. Abimelech sinned against his own father by killing his 70 brothers.