Shìshījì 9:5

5 Tā wǎng é Fú là dào tā fùqin de jiā , jiāng tā dìxiōng , yé lù bā lì de zhòng zǐ qī shí rén dōu shā zaì yī kuaì pánshí shàng . zhǐ shèngxia yé lù bā lì de xiǎoér zǐ Yuētǎn , yīnwei tā duǒcáng le .

Shìshījì 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:5

And he went to his father's house at Ophrah
Which, according to Bunting ^F1, was ten miles from Shechem:

and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons,
upon one stone:
in which he was assisted by the ruffians he had hired with seventy pieces of silver; these were laid one after another upon one and the same stone, as being convenient for the execution of them; or as serving as an altar on which they were sacrificed to Baal, out of whose temple the money was taken to hire the executioners with. They are said to be seventy that were slain, though one escaped, the round number being given, as in many other instances, as in ( Genesis 46:27 ) ( John 20:24 ) ,

notwithstanding, yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left;
or remained alive, not out of compassion to his youth, but because he could not be found:

for he hid himself;
for no doubt Abimelech, and his crew, were most forward to lay hold of the eldest, and sacrifice them first, as being most in his way; this gave Jotham the youngest not only notice of their design, but an opportunity of providing for his safety, or however his friends; for it may be rendered, as in some versions, "he was hidden" {b}, that is, by others.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Travels of the Patriarchs p. 111.
F2 (abxn) (ekrubh) Sept. "absconditus est", V. L. "qui absconditus fuit", Tigurine version; so the Targum.

Shìshījì 9:5 In-Context

3 Tāde zhòng mǔ jiù biàn jiāng zhè yīqiè huà wèi tā shuō gĕi Shìjiàn rén tīng , Shìjiàn rén de xīn jiù guī xiàng Yàbǐmǐlè . tāmen shuō , tā yuán shì wǒmen de dìxiōng .

4 Jiù cóng bā lì Bǐlì tǔ de miào zhōng qǔ le qī shí Shĕkèlè yínzi gĕi Yàbǐmǐlè . Yàbǐmǐlè yòng yǐ gù le xiē fĕi tú gēnsuí tā .

5 Tā wǎng é Fú là dào tā fùqin de jiā , jiāng tā dìxiōng , yé lù bā lì de zhòng zǐ qī shí rén dōu shā zaì yī kuaì pánshí shàng . zhǐ shèngxia yé lù bā lì de xiǎoér zǐ Yuētǎn , yīnwei tā duǒcáng le .

6 Shìjiàn rén hé mǐ luó rén dōu yītóng jùjí , wǎng Shìjiàn xiàngshù páng de zhùzi nàli , lì Yàbǐmǐlè wèi wáng .

7 Yǒu rén jiāng zhè shì gàosu Yuētǎn , tā jiù qù zhàn zaì jī lì xīn shāndǐng shàng , xiàng zhòngrén dàshēng hǎnjiào shuō , Shìjiàn rén nǎ , nǐmen yào tīng wǒde huà , shén yĕ jiù tīng nǐmen de huà .