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Judges 9:2-4
English Standard Version
Judges 9:2-4
English Standard Version
2 “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all (A)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that (B)I am (C)your bone and your flesh.”
3 And his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, (D)“He is our brother.” 4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of (E)Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired (F)worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
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