Judges 9:3
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 man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
4 So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
5 He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Da sa hans mors brødre alt dette om ham til alle Sikems menn; og deres hu vendte seg til Abimelek, for de tenkte: Han er jo vår bror.
- OTB
- Hans mors slektninger talte alle disse ordene på hans vegne til lederne i Sikem, og de var tilbøyelige til å følge Abimelek, for de sa: "Han er vår slektning."
- B1930
- Da sa hans mors brødre alt dette om ham til alle Sikems menn; og deres hu vendte sig til Abimelek, for de tenkte: Han er jo vår bror.
- BSB
- And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
- KJV
- And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
- WEB
- 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.”
- ASV
- And his mother`s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
- DARBY
- And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem all these words. And their heart inclined after Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
- BLB
- And the brothers of his mother spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words, and their heart was inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He [is] our brother.”
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Genesis 29:15
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
Les i sammenhengPsalms 10:3
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 1:11–14
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
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