H9023–הוּ–hu

(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;

נַפְשׁוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And you have gone against my father's family this day, and have put to death his sons, even seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his servant-wife, king over the townsmen of Shechem because he is your brother;)

בָּנָ֛יו (ו) v “his”אֲמָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

If then you have done what is true and upright to Jerubbaal and his family this day, may you have joy in Abimelech, and may he have joy in you;

בֵּית֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

אָחִֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.

יָדָ֖יו (ו) v “his”אֶחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their faith in him.

וְאֶחָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we are to be his servants? Is it not right for the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul his captain to be servants to the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem? But why are we to be his serva

פְּקִיד֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Now Zebul, the ruler of the town, hearing what Gaal, the son of Ebed, had said, was moved to wrath.

אַפּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are working up the town against you.

וְאֶחָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

And Abimelech went after him and he went in flight before him; and a great number were falling by the sword all the way up to the town.

מִפָּנָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

Then Abimelech went back to Arumah; and Zebul sent Gaal and his brothers away and would not let them go on living in Shechem.

אֶחָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me d

בְּיָד֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”שִׁכְמ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand

שׂוֹכֹ֗ה (ה) h “his”

But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimelech, cracking the bone.

גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to me straight away, so that men may not say of me, His death was the work of a woman. So the young man put his sword through him, causing his death.

כֵלָ֗יו (ו) v “his”נַעֲר֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went away, every man to his place.

לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

לְאָבִ֔יו (ו) v “his”אֶחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

נַפְשׁ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

רֵעֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

אֶחָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

דְּבָרָ֛יו (ו) v “his”

But Sihon would not give way and let Israel go through his land; and Sihon got together all his people, and put his army in position in Jahaz, and made war on Israel.

בִּגְבֻל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”עַמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them; so all the land of the Amorites, the people of that land, became Israel's.

עַמּ֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?

עַמּ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.

בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”