Judges 9:2

The Scriptures 2009

“Please speak in the hearing of all the masters of Sheḵem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Yerubba‛al rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ And you shall remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:14

And Laḇan said to him, “You are indeed my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a new moon.

2 Samuel 19:13

“And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? Elohim do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days in place of Yo’aḇ.’ ”

1 Chronicles 11:1

And all Yisra’ĕl came together to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron, saying, “See, we are your bone and your flesh.

Ephesians 5:30

Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself similarly shared in the same, so that by means of His death He might destroy him having the power of death, that is, the devil,

Judges 8:30

And Giḏ‛on had seventy sons who were his own offspring, for he had many wives.

Judges 9:18

but you have risen up against my father’s house today, and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and set up Aḇimeleḵ, the son of his female servant, to reign over the masters of Sheḵem, because he is your brother –

Judges 9:5

And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Yerubba‛al, on one stone. But Yotham the youngest son of Yerubba‛al was left, because he hid himself.