Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
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Gill's Exposition
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem,.... Which, though the Targum calls the inhabitants of the place, Ben Melech better interprets it the lords of Shechem, as the phrase will bear…
Barnes' Notes
The men of Shechem - literally, “the masters.” Compare Jos 24:11; 1Sa 23:11-12.
We are here told by what arts Abimelech got into authority, and made himself great. His mother perhaps had instilled into his mind some towering ambitious thoughts, and the name his father gave him,…
Cambridge Bible
the men of Shechem lit. possessors(plur. of ba-al) i.e. citizensof S.; so throughout this chap., cf. Jdg 20:5; 1Sa 23:11 f. etc.
all the sons of Jerubbaal Evidently Gideon had exercised some kind of…
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