Jdg Judges, chapter Book of Judges, chapter 9
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] the son of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] went to Sh’khem [Shoulder] unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,Jdg 8:31
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend], [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.Jdg 8:31; 2Sa 5:1
And his mother’s brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder] all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Avi-Melekh [My Father is King]; for they said, He [is] our brother.
And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Ba’al-B’rit [lord of the covenant], which Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] hired vain and light persons, which followed him.Gen 20:16
And he went unto his father’s house at ‘Ofrah [Fawn], and killed his brethren the sons of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend], [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] the youngest son of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] was left; for he hid himself.2Ki 10:7; 2Ki 10:14
And all the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder] gathered together, and all the Beit-Millo [fortification (defensive structure) or mound] [House of the Fortification (defensive structure)], and went, and made Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] king, by the plain of the pillar that [was] in Sh’khem [Shoulder].Jos 24:26
And when they told [it] to Toram [Yehovah is Perfect], he went and stood in the top of mount G’rizim [Cuttings Off], and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Listen unto me, you2f men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], that God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] may hearken unto you.Deu 11:29
The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign youi over us.
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, which by me they honour God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come youi, [and] reign over us.
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come youi, [and] reign over us.
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?Psa 104:15
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come youi, [and] reign over us.
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in tyou2f anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of L’vanon [Whiteness].Ezk 5:4; Ezk 19:14
Now therefore, if you2f have done truly and sincerely, in that you2f have made Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] king, and if you2f have dealt well with Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midyan [Strife]:Jdg 5:18; Jdg 12:3; 1Sa 19:5
And you2f are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], because he [is] your brother;)
If you2f then have dealt truly and sincerely with Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] and with his house this day, [then] rejoice you2f in Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], and let him also rejoice in you:
But if not, let fire come out from Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], and devour the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], and the Beit-Millo [fortification (defensive structure) or mound] [House of the Fortification (defensive structure)]; and let fire come out from the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], and from the Beit-Millo [fortification (defensive structure) or mound] [House of the Fortification (defensive structure)], and devour Avi-Melekh [My Father is King].
And Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] ran away, and fled, and went to Be’er [Well], and dwelt there, for fear of Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] his brother.
When Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] had reigned three years over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God],
Then God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] sent an evil spirit between Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] and the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder]; and the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder] dealt treacherously with Avi-Melekh [My Father is King]:1Sa 16:14
That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend] might come, and their blood be laid upon Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] their brother, which killed them; and upon the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], which aided him in the killing of his brethren.2Sa 1:16; Psa 7:16; Mat 27:25
And the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder] set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Avi-Melekh [My Father is King].
And Ga’al [Loathing] the son of Eved [A Slave] came with his brethren, and went over to Sh’khem [Shoulder]: and the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder] put their confidence in him.
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trampled [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Avi-Melekh [My Father is King].Ezk 18:6
And Ga’al [Loathing] the son of Eved [A Slave] said, Who [is] Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], and who [is] Sh’khem [Shoulder], that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the son of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend]? and Z’vul [Exalted] his officer? serve the men of Hamor [male-donkey (ass)] the father of Sh’khem [Shoulder]: for why should we serve him?Gen 34:2
And would to God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] this people were under my hand! then would I remove Avi-Melekh [My Father is King]. And he said to Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], Increase youi army, and come out.
And when Z’vul [Exalted] the ruler of the city heard the words of Ga’al [Loathing] the son of Eved [A Slave], his anger was kindled.
And he sent messengers unto Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] privately, saying, Behold, Ga’al [Loathing] the son of Eved [A Slave] and his brethren be come to Sh’khem [Shoulder]; and, behold, they fortify the city against youi.
Now therefore up by night, youi and the people that [is] with youi, and lie in wait in the field:Jos 8:2
And it shall be, [that] in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, youi shall rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, [when] he and the people that [is] with him come out against youi, then may youi do to them as youi shall find occasion.Lev 25:28; 1Sa 10:7
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] rose up, and all the people that [were] with him, by night, and they laid wait against Sh’khem [Shoulder] in four companies.
And Ga’al [Loathing] the son of Eved [A Slave] went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] rose up, and the people that [were] with him, from lying in wait.
And when Ga’al [Loathing] saw the people, he said to Z’vul [Exalted], Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Z’vul [Exalted] said unto him, youi see the shadow of the mountains as [if they were] men.
And Ga’al [Loathing] spoke again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of M’on’nim [Fortune Teller].
Then said Z’vul [Exalted] unto him, Where [is] now youi mouth, which youi said, Who [is] Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], that we should serve him? [is] not this the people that youi have despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
And Ga’al [Loathing] went out before the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder], and fought with Avi-Melekh [My Father is King].
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown [and] wounded, [even] unto the entering of the gate.
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] dwelt at Arumah: and Z’vul [Exalted] thrust out Ga’al [Loathing] and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Sh’khem [Shoulder].
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Avi-Melekh [My Father is King].
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people [were] come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and struck them.
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], and the company that [was] with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two [other] companies ran upon all [the people] that [were] in the fields, and killed them.
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people that [was] in it, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.Deu 29:23; Zep 2:9
And when all the men of the tower of Sh’khem [Shoulder] heard [that], they entered into an hold of the temple of El-B’rit [(the) god Berith].
And it was told Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], that all the men of the tower of Sh’khem [Shoulder] were gathered together.
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] got him up to Mount Tzalmon [Shady], he and all the people that [were] with him; and Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid [it] on his shoulder, and said unto the people that [were] with him, What you2f have seen me do, make haste, [and] do as I [have done].Psa 68:14
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Sh’khem [Shoulder] died also, about a thousand men and women.
Then went Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] to Tevetz [Conspicuous], and encamped against Tevetz [Conspicuous], and took it.2Sa 11:21
But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and got them up to the top of the tower.
And Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Avi-Melekh’s [My Father is King]’s head, and all to (to do entirely, do wholly) broke his skull.2Sa 11:21
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw youri sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
And when the men of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] saw that Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Thus God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] rendered the wickedness of Avi-Melekh [My Father is King], which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
And all the evil of the men of Sh’khem [Shoulder] did God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] the son of Yeruba’al [let Ba’al defend].Jdg 9:20