Judges 9:6 “Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak…”

Judges 9:6

Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

World English Bible

All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

American Standard Version

And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

Geneva Bible 1599

And all the men of Shechem gathered together with all the house of Millo, and came and made Abimelech King in the playne, where the stone was erected in Shechem.

Darby Translation

And all the citizens of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the memorial-oak that is in Shechem.

Young's Literal Translation

And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;

Bible in Basic English

And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

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Cross references

“the house”

2 Samuel 5:9 2 Kings 12:20

2 Samuel 5:9 · BSB

So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

2 Kings 12:20 · BSB

And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

“plain”

1 Kings 12:25 Joshua 24:26 1 Kings 12:1 1 Kings 12:20

1 Kings 12:25 · BSB

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

Joshua 24:26 · BSB

Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

1 Kings 12:1 · BSB

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

1 Kings 12:20 · BSB

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

7When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

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