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for they said, He <i>is</i> our brother.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/judges/9.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/judges/9.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/judges/9.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/judges/9.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/judges/9.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/judges/9.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/9.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/judges/9.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/judges/9.htm" title="Expositor's Dictionary">Exp Dct</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gaebelein/judges/9.htm" title="Gaebelein's Annotated Bible">Gaebelein</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gsb/judges/9.htm" title="Geneva Study Bible">GSB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gill/judges/9.htm" title="Gill's Bible Exposition">Gill</a> • <a href="/commentaries/gray/judges/9.htm" title="Gray's Concise">Gray</a> • <a href="/commentaries/guzik/judges/9.htm" title="Guzik Bible Commentary">Guzik</a> • <a href="/commentaries/haydock/judges/9.htm" title="Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary">Haydock</a> • <a href="/commentaries/hastings/judges/5-23.htm" title="Hastings Great Texts">Hastings</a> • <a href="/commentaries/homiletics/judges/9.htm" title="Pulpit Homiletics">Homiletics</a> • <a href="/commentaries/jfb/judges/9.htm" title="Jamieson-Fausset-Brown">JFB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/kad/judges/9.htm" title="Keil and Delitzsch OT">KD</a> • <a href="/commentaries/king-en/judges/9.htm" title="Kingcomments Bible Studies">King</a> • <a href="/commentaries/lange/judges/9.htm" title="Lange Commentary">Lange</a> • <a href="/commentaries/maclaren/judges/9.htm" title="MacLaren Expositions">MacLaren</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhc/judges/9.htm" title="Matthew Henry Concise">MHC</a> • <a href="/commentaries/mhcw/judges/9.htm" title="Matthew Henry Full">MHCW</a> • <a href="/commentaries/parker/judges/9.htm" title="The People's Bible by Joseph Parker">Parker</a> • <a href="/commentaries/poole/judges/9.htm" title="Matthew Poole">Poole</a> • <a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/9.htm" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sermon/judges/9.htm" title="Sermon Bible">Sermon</a> • <a href="/commentaries/sco/judges/9.htm" title="Scofield Reference Notes">SCO</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ttb/judges/9.htm" title="Through The Bible">TTB</a> • <a href="/commentaries/wes/judges/9.htm" title="Wesley's Notes">WES</a> • <a href="#tsk" title="Treasury of Scripture Knowledge">TSK</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="comtype">EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)</div><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/judges/9.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>9:1-6 The men of Shechem chose Abimelech king. God was not consulted whether they should have any king, much less who it should be. If parents could see what their children would do, and what they are to suffer, their joy in them often would be turned into sorrow: we may be thankful that we cannot know what shall happen. Above all, we should fear and watch against sin; for our evil conduct may produce fatal effects upon our families, after we are in our graves.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/judges/9.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>The Ephraimite pride revolted from Abi-ezrite rulers, and inclined them to one who was a Shechemite by birth. (Compare the same spirit in the time of David and Rehoboam, <a href="/2_samuel/20-1.htm">2 Samuel 20:1</a>; <a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">1 Kings 12:16</a>.) <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/judges/9.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>2. Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, … or that one reign over you—a false insinuation, artfully contrived to stir up jealousy and alarm. Gideon had rejected, with abhorrence, the proposal to make himself or any of his family king, and there is no evidence that any of his other sons coveted the title.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/judges/9.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">His mother’s brethren, </span> i.e. kinsmen, as that word is oft used, as <span class="bldvs"> <a href="/genesis/14-16.htm" title="And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.">Genesis 14:16</a> 29:12</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">He is our brother; </span> they were easily persuaded to believe and follow what served their own interest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/judges/9.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of the men of Shechem all these words,.... Got them together in some certain place, and laid before them all that Abimelech had suggested to them, and spake in his favour to them: <p>and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, he is our brother; being fond of kingly government, as the Israelites generally were, it seemed most agreeable to them to have one king over them, and none more acceptable than one so nearly related to them, who they doubted not, from his alliance to them, would be ready to oblige them on all occasions. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/judges/9.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">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.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - His mother's brethren. Presumably the Hivite population of Sheehem. Judges 9:3<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/judges/9.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>When his mother's brethren spake to the citizens of Shechem concerning him, i.e., respecting him and his proposal, their heart turned to Abimelech. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/judges/9-3.htm">Judges 9:3 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../judges/9-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 9:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 9:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/9-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 9:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 9:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>