Judges 9:3
His mother’s brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, “He is our brother.”Judges 9:3 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ન્યાયાધીશો ૯:૩
- તેના મામાઓએ શખેમના સર્વ આગેવાનોને એ વાતો કહી અને તેઓ અબીમેલેખનું પાલન કરવાને સંમત થયા, માટે તેઓએ કહ્યું કે, “તે આપણો ભાણેજ છે.”
- हिन्दी — न्यायियों ९:३
- तब उसके मामाओं ने शेकेम के सब मनुष्यों से ऐसी ही बातें कहीं; और उन्होंने यह सोचकर कि अबीमेलेक तो हमारा भाई है अपना मन उसके पीछे लगा दिया।
In context
1Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
2“Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
3His mother’s brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words. Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, “He is our brother.”
4They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.
5He went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.
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