Study it in the app“so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.”
so that the violenceחֲמַסdone to the seventyשִׁבְעִיםsonsבְּנֵיof Jerubbaalיְרֻבָּעַלmight come,לָבוֹאand their bloodוְדָמָםbe laidלָשׂוּםonעַלAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְtheir brother,אֲחִיהֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרkilled them,הָרַג אוֹתָםand onוְעַלthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechem,שְׁכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרstrengthenedחִזְּקוּhis handsאֶת יָדָיוto killלַהֲרֹגhis brothers.אֶת אֶחָיו
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsJerubbaal
Jerubbaal, the other name of Gideon. It means "let Baal contend": it was given to him when he tore down the altar of Baal (Judges 6:32).
Where else “yerubaal” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dama” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sum” appearsAbimelech
Abimelech, the name of Philistine kings of Gerar in the days of Abraham and of Isaac, and of other men, such as a son of Gideon. The name means "my father is king"; it may have been a title of the kings of that place.
Where else “avimelech” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harag” appearslord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “chizku” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appearsShechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
23Elohim sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem, and the lords of Shechem betrayed Abimelech,
24 · This verse (above)
25The lords of Shechem set against him men in ambush on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. And it was told to Abimelech.
