Judges 9:2

Tree of Life Version

“Speak now, in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem: Which is better for you, that 70 men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that a single man rules over you? Remember also that I am your flesh and bone.”

Cross References

Genesis 29:14

Laban said to him, “Surely you are my own bone and flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.

2 Samuel 19:13

‘You are my kinsmen, my bone and my flesh! Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?’

1 Chronicles 11:1

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying: “Behold, we are your own flesh and blood.

Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of His body.

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared the same humanity—so that through death He might break the power of the one who had the power of death (that is, the devil)

Judges 8:30

Now Gideon had 70 sons of his own issue, for he had many wives.

Judges 9:18

but you have risen up against my father’s household today and have slain his sons—70 men on one stone—and have made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the lords of Shechem just because he is your brother—

Judges 9:5

Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and slew his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, 70 men, on top of one stone. But Jotam, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, for he hid himself.