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While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek. <a href="/nlt/judges/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech. <a href="/esv/judges/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech. <a href="/bsb/judges/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech. <a href="/kjv/judges/9.htm">King James Bible</a> And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nkjv/judges/9.htm">New King James Version</a> So they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and made merry. And they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nasb_/judges/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So they went out to the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trampled them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nasb/judges/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nasb77/judges/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/lsb/judges/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them and celebrated a festival; and they came into the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/amp/judges/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They went out into the field, gathered the grapes of their vineyard and trod them, and held a festival; and they entered the house of their god, and they ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/csb/judges/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech. <a href="/hcsb/judges/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech. <a href="/asv/judges/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/cev/judges/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The time came for the grape harvest, and the people of Shechem went into their vineyards and picked the grapes. They gathered the grapes and made wine. Then they went into the temple of their god and threw a big party. There was a lot of eating and drinking, and before long they were cursing Abimelech. <a href="/erv/judges/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/gwt/judges/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They went into the country and harvested grapes in the vineyards to make wine. Then they made an offering of praise in the temple of their gods. They ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/gnt/judges/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> They all went out into their vineyards and picked the grapes, made wine from them, and held a festival. They went into the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and made fun of Abimelech. <a href="/isv/judges/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, made some wine, and threw a party. Then they went into the temple of their god, ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/msb/judges/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech. <a href="/net/judges/9.htm">NET Bible</a> They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nheb/judges/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/wbt/judges/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/web/judges/9.htm">World English Bible</a> They went out into the field, harvested their vineyards, trod the grapes, celebrated, and went into the house of their god and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech. <a href="/ylt/judges/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech. <a href="/slt/judges/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will go forth to the field, and they will gather their vineyards, and they will tread down, and they will make rejoicings, and go in to the house of their God, and they will eat and drink, and curse Abimelech.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech. <a href="/cpdv/judges/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> departed into the fields, laying waste to the vineyards, and trampling the grapes. And while singing and dancing, they entered into the shrine of their god. And while feasting and drinking, they cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nabre/judges/9.htm">New American Bible</a> They went out into the fields, harvested the grapes from their vineyards, trod them out, and held a festival. Then they went to the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards, trod them, and celebrated. Then they went into the temple of their god, ate and drank, and ridiculed Abimelech.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards and trod the grapes, and they made a banquet and went into the house of their gods and did eat and drink, and reviled Abimeleck. <a href="/hpbt/judges/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they went out to the field and they picked their vines and they trod grapes and made a banquet and they entered the house of their gods, and they ate and they drank and they reviled Abimelek<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/sep/judges/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they went out into the field, and gathered their grapes, and trod them, and made merry; and they brought the grapes into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. <a href="/parallel/judges/9-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=2878" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/9.htm">Gaal Conspires with the Shechemites</a> …26Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him. 27<a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">And after they had gone out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">into the fields,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: way·yiḇ·ṣə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">gathered grapes</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: kar·mê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">from their vineyards,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="1869: way·yiḏ·rə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To tread, march. A primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow.">and trodden them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">they held</a> <a href="/hebrew/1974.htm" title="1974: hil·lū·lîm (N-mp) -- A rejoicing, praise. From halal; a celebration of thanksgiving for harvest.">a festival</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and went</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">into the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕlō·hê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of their god;</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: way·yō·ḵə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and as they ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: way·yiš·tū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">and drank,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7043.htm" title="7043: way·qal·lū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To be slight, swift or trifling. A primitive root; to be light, literally Or figuratively.">they cursed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/40.htm" title="40: ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ (N-proper-ms) -- From 'ab and melek; father of king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites.">Abimelech.</a> 28Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10</a> Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1-2</a> Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. / The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them. <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11</a> Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Micah 6:15</a> You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. <a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a> Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Mark 12:1-9</a> Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. / But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ... <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9-16</a> Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. / So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed. ... <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-8</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ... <a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm">1 Corinthians 9:7</a> Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk? <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a> Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a> For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and stepped the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.merry.<a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Isaiah 16:9,10</a> Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen… <a href="/isaiah/24-7.htm">Isaiah 24:7-9</a> The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh… <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">Jeremiah 25:30</a> Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.the house<a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Judges 9:4</a> And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.<a href="/judges/16-23.htm">Judges 16:23</a> Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.<a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Exodus 32:6,19</a> And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play… did eat<a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12-14</a> And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: … <a href="/luke/12-19.htm">Luke 12:19,20</a> And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry… <a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-29</a> And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man… cursed<a href="/leviticus/24-11.htm">Leviticus 24:11</a> And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)<a href="/1_samuel/17-43.htm">1 Samuel 17:43</a> And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.<a href="/psalms/109-17.htm">Psalm 109:17</a> As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/9-25.htm">Abimelech</a> <a href="/judges/9-25.htm">Abim'elech</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/judges/8-16.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/joshua/22-20.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/judges/5-23.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-38.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/judges/7-6.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/judges/7-7.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/judges/7-21.htm">Held</a> <a href="/judges/6-30.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/judges/9-20.htm">House</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Merry</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-9.htm">Reviled</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-36.htm">Trod</a> <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Trode</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-39.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Vineyards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/9-28.htm">Abimelech</a> <a href="/judges/9-28.htm">Abim'elech</a> <a href="/judges/14-9.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/judges/9-53.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/judges/21-18.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/judges/9-57.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/judges/19-4.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/judges/13-4.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/judges/19-4.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/judges/13-4.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/judges/14-9.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/judges/16-26.htm">Held</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/judges/9-46.htm">House</a> <a href="/judges/16-25.htm">Merry</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-21.htm">Reviled</a> <a href="/judges/9-46.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/judges/20-43.htm">Trod</a> <a href="/judges/20-43.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/judges/20-43.htm">Trode</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">Vines</a> <a href="/judges/11-33.htm">Vineyards</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 9</div>1. <a href="/judges/9-1.htm">Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king</a> 7. <a href="/judges/9-7.htm">Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin</a> 22. <a href="/judges/9-22.htm">Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him</a> 30. <a href="/judges/9-30.htm">Zebul reveals it</a> 34. <a href="/judges/9-34.htm">Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt</a> 46. <a href="/judges/9-46.htm">He burns the hold of the god Berith</a> 50. <a href="/judges/9-50.htm">At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone</a> 56. <a href="/judges/9-56.htm">Jotham's curse is fulfilled.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And after they had gone out into the fields This phrase indicates a time of harvest, a significant period in ancient agrarian societies. The fields were central to the community's sustenance and economy. In the context of Judges, this setting underscores the normalcy of life amidst the political turmoil following Gideon's death. The fields also symbolize the land's fertility, a blessing from God, which contrasts with the spiritual barrenness of the people.gathered grapes from their vineyards Grape harvesting was a communal activity, often accompanied by joy and celebration. Vineyards were a sign of prosperity and God's blessing (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-8</a>). The act of gathering grapes is reminiscent of the blessings promised to Israel if they obeyed God, yet here it occurs in a context of disobedience and idolatry. The vineyard imagery is also used by Jesus in parables, symbolizing Israel (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>).and trodden them Treading grapes was a method of extracting juice for wine, a staple in ancient diets and religious rituals. This process required communal effort and was often accompanied by singing and dancing (<a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Isaiah 16:10</a>). The act of treading grapes can symbolize judgment in prophetic literature (<a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Revelation 14:19-20</a>), foreshadowing the judgment that would come upon Abimelech and Shechem.they held a festival Festivals were integral to Israelite culture, often linked to religious observance. However, this festival was likely pagan, reflecting the syncretism and idolatry prevalent in Israel during the Judges period. Such festivals often involved feasting, drinking, and sacrifices to deities, contrasting with the God-ordained feasts meant to honor Yahweh (Leviticus 23).and went into the house of their god This phrase highlights the idolatry of the Shechemites, who worshipped Baal-berith (<a href="/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33</a>). The "house of their god" was likely a temple dedicated to this Canaanite deity, representing a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). This idolatry set the stage for divine judgment, as God often allowed Israel's enemies to rise when they turned to other gods.and as they ate and drank Eating and drinking in a religious context often signified fellowship with the deity being worshipped. In this case, it underscores the people's apostasy and moral decline. The act of eating and drinking in pagan worship contrasts with the Lord's Supper in the New Testament, where believers remember Christ's sacrifice (<a href="/1_corinthians/11-23.htm">1 Corinthians 11:23-26</a>).they cursed Abimelech Cursing Abimelech reflects the political and social unrest in Shechem. Abimelech, Gideon's son, had seized power through treachery and violence (<a href="/judges/9.htm">Judges 9:1-6</a>). The curse signifies the people's discontent and foreshadows Abimelech's downfall. Biblically, curses often precede divine judgment, as seen in the covenant curses of <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. This also highlights the theme of retribution, a key motif in Judges, where God allows the consequences of sin to unfold naturally.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/abimelech.htm">Abimelech</a> The son of Gideon (also known as Jerubbaal), who declared himself king over Shechem after killing his seventy brothers. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shechemites.htm">Shechemites</a> The people of Shechem who initially supported Abimelech but later turned against him. 3. <a href="/topical/v/vineyards.htm">Vineyards</a> The fields where the Shechemites gathered grapes, symbolizing abundance and blessing but also a place of rebellion. 4. <a href="/topical/f/festival.htm">Festival</a> A celebration held by the Shechemites, which turned into a time of cursing Abimelech. 5. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_their_god.htm">House of their god</a> A pagan temple where the Shechemites worshipped and cursed Abimelech, indicating their idolatry and spiritual rebellion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_idolatry.htm">The Dangers of Idolatry</a> The Shechemites' actions in the house of their god highlight the spiritual danger of idolatry, which leads to moral and social decay. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_betrayal.htm">Consequences of Betrayal</a> Their cursing of Abimelech, whom they initially supported, shows the instability and consequences of betrayal and disloyalty. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_festivals.htm">The Role of Festivals</a> Celebrations can become occasions for sin if not centered on God. Believers should ensure their gatherings honor God. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a> The Shechemites' curses remind us of the power of words to bless or curse, and the importance of speaking life and truth. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> Despite human rebellion, God's purposes prevail. Abimelech's account is a reminder of God's ultimate control over human affairs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 9</a> <a href="/q/why_no_opposition_to_abimelech's_act.htm">How could Abimelech have murdered seventy of Gideon's sons without immediate opposition (Judges 9:5)?</a> <a href="/q/why_send_an_evil_spirit_in_judges_9_23.htm">Why would God send an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem (Judges 9:23)?</a> <a href="/q/does_abimelech's_rule_conflict_with_ot.htm">Does the account of Abimelech's violent rule conflict with other Old Testament portrayals of just leadership (Judges 9:22-24)?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_abimelech,_gideon's_son.htm">Who was Abimelech, son of Gideon, in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) And made merry.--The vintage was the most joyous festival of the year (<a href="/context/isaiah/16-9.htm" title="Therefore I will mourn with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water you with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for your summer fruits and for your harvest is fallen.">Isaiah 16:9-10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm" title="Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar on his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.">Jeremiah 25:30</a>). The word rendered "merry" is hill-lim, and occurs only here and in <a href="/leviticus/19-24.htm" title="But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD with.">Leviticus 19:24</a>, where it is rendered "praise." Some render it "offered thank-offerings." The Chaldee renders it "dances," and the Vulg. "choirs of singers." The word evidently involves the notion of triumphant songs (LXX., elloulim and chorous).Of their god.--Baal-berith.Did eat and drink.--In some public feast, such as often took place in idol temples (<a href="/judges/16-23.htm" title="Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.">Judges 16:23</a>; <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm" title="And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.">2Kings 19:37</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-10.htm" title="For if any man see you which have knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;">1Corinthians 8:10</a>). It is evident that this was a sort of heathen analogue of the Feast of Ingathering. The apostasy would be facilitated by a transference of customs of worship from Elohim to Baal. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - And they went out, etc. The next step forward in the rebellion was taken at the time of the vintage, probably when they were inflamed with wine; for, after they had gathered in and trodden the grapes, they kept high festival in the temple of Baal-berith, on occasion of offering to their god the solemn thank offering for the vintage. And then, speaking freely under the influence of wine, they cursed Abimelech. The whole talk of the company was of his misdeeds, and seditious and rebellious words were freely uttered on all sides. Made merry. Rather, offered their thank offerings. The same word is used in <a href="/leviticus/19-24.htm">Leviticus 19:24</a>: "In the fourth year all the fruit thereof (i.e. of the vineyard) shall be holy to praise the Lord withal" - literally, praise offerings to the Lord. These offerings were made by the Shechemites to Baal instead of to God. <a href="/commentaries/judges/9-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And after they had gone out וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (way·yê·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim into the fields, הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land gathered [grapes] וַֽיִּבְצְר֤וּ (way·yiḇ·ṣə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose from their vineyards, כַּרְמֵיהֶם֙ (kar·mê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> A garden, vineyard and trodden [them], וַֽיִּדְרְכ֔וּ (way·yiḏ·rə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1869.htm">Strong's 1869: </a> To tread, to walk, to string a, bow they held וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (way·ya·‘ă·śū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make a festival הִלּוּלִ֑ים (hil·lū·lîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1974.htm">Strong's 1974: </a> A celebration of thanksgiving for, harvest and went וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go into the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of their god; אֱ‍ֽלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם (’ĕlō·hê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and as they ate וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ (way·yō·ḵə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat and drank, וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ (way·yiš·tū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe they cursed וַֽיְקַלְל֖וּ (way·qal·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7043.htm">Strong's 7043: </a> To be slight, swift or trifling Abimelech. אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_40.htm">Strong's 40: </a> Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/9-27.htm">Judges 9:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/9-27.htm">OT History: Judges 9:27 They went out into the field (Jd Judg. 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