Study it in the app“All the lords of Shechem gathered, and all the house of Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the standing stone that is in Shechem.”
Allכָּלthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechemשְׁכֶםgathered,וַיֵּאָסְפוּand allוְכָלthe houseבֵּיתof Millo,מִלּוֹאand they wentוַיֵּלְכוּand madeוַיַּמְלִיכוּAbimelechאֶת אֲבִימֶלֶךְkingלְמֶלֶךְbyעִםthe oakאֵלוֹןof the standing stoneמֻצָּבthatאֲשֶׁרis in Shechem.בִּשְׁכֶם
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeasfu” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsMillo
Millo: the name of a fortified work inside a city (an earthwork or citadel). There was a Millo in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9) and another in Shechem, whose "house of Millo" were those who lived or ruled there (Judges 9:6).
Where else “milo” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsmake king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “yamlichu” 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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsoak, terebinth
A great tree, oak or terebinth; it served as a landmark.
Where else “elon” appearsstand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “mutsav” appears“Of the standing stone” translates an unclear word: something “set upright” beside the oak, perhaps the stone of Joshua 24:26.
Shechem
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).
5He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.
6 · This verse (above)
7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, lifted up his voice, called out, and said to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that Elohim may listen to you.
