29 If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
Judges 9:29
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Judges 9:37–39
37 Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.” 38 “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the… 39 …
Judges 9:19–21
19 if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you. 20 But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders… 21 …
Judges 9:1–3
1 Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother, 2 “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one ma…
Judges 9:15–17
15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’ 16 Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech… 17 …
Genesis 20:14–16
14 So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. 15 And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.” 16 And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brot…
Judges 8:22–24
22 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” 23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.” 24 Then he added, “Let me make a request…
2 Samuel 19:12–14
12 You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’ 13 And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!…
Genesis 26:15–17
15 So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham. 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Va…
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