Judges 9:2

God's Word

He said, “Please ask all citizens of Shechem, ‘What seems best to you? Do you really want all of Jerubbaal’s 70 sons to rule you or just one man? Remember, I’m your own flesh and blood.’ ”

Cross References

Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.” Jacob stayed with him for a whole month.

2 Samuel 19:13

And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God strike me dead unless you are given Joab’s place to serve me always as the commander of the army.’ ”

1 Chronicles 11:1

All Israel gathered around David at Hebron. “We are your own flesh and blood,” they said.

Ephesians 5:30

We are parts of his body.

Hebrews 2:14

Since all of these sons and daughters have flesh and blood, Jesus took on flesh and blood to be like them. He did this so that by dying he would destroy the one who had power over death (that is, the devil).

Judges 8:30

Gideon had 70 sons because he had many wives.

Judges 9:18

But today you have attacked my father’s family. You have executed his 70 sons. You have made Abimelech, who is the son of my father’s slave girl, king over the citizens of Shechem just because he’s your brother.

Judges 9:5

Then he went to his father’s home in Ophrah. There he executed his 70 brothers, Jerubbaal’s sons. But Jotham, Jerubbaal’s youngest son, survived because he hid.