Judges 9:24
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That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
In other translations
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
Hebrew words
לָבוֹאlavo'to comeH935חֲמַסchamas[the] violence ofH2555שִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657בְּנֵי־benei-[the] sons ofH1121יְרֻבָּעַלyeruba'alJerub-BaalH3378וְדָמָםvedamamand blood theirH1818לָשׂוּםlasumto putH7760עַל־'al-onH5921אֲבִימֶלֶךְ'avimelekhAbimelechH40אֲחִיהֶם'achihembrother theirH251אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834הָרַגharaghe killedH2026אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853וְעַלve'aland onH5921בַּעֲלֵיba'alei[the] citizens ofH1167שְׁכֶםshekhemShechemH7927אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whoH834חִזְּקוּchizekuthey strengthenedH2388אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יָדָיוyadavhands hisH3027לַהֲרֹגlaharogto killH2026אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֶחָיו׃'echavbrothers hisH251
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 2:32And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
- Psalm 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Esther 9:25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- 1 Samuel 15:33And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
- Judges 9:56-5756 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.56 In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers. 57 And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
- Matthew 23:34-3634 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town. 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
- Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
People: Abimelech (son of Gideon), Gideon
Places: Shechem