The Meaning of Judges 9:47 Explained

Judges 9:47

KJV: And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

YLT: and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together,

Darby: Abim'elech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.

ASV: And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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What is the context of Judges 9:47?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

What does Judges 9:47 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 9:41-57 - The Burning Of The Bramble

Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Alas, similar atrocities are being perpetrated still, after all these centuries of what is called Christian civilization. But this Christianity is only a very shallow veneer, and when national passions break loose, there is little to choose between war today and in pre-Christian ages.

Men have no right to attribute the sins, cruelties, barbarities and enormities of the present day to Christianity. They are due to its absence. The whole Gospel of the Son of man protests against them. We must sadly admit that His "enemy hath done this." And there will be no real cessation of the evils beneath which the world groans until the King comes to His own and sets up His everlasting Kingdom. What has happened of late in Europe, notwithstanding all the efforts toward arbitration and peace, proves that something new must be brought to pass before the Father's kingdom can come and His will be done on earth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 9

¹ Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
⁷ Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin
²² Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him
³⁰ Zebul reveals it
³⁴ Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt
⁴⁶ He burns the hold of the god Berith
⁵⁰ At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone
⁵⁶ Jotham's curse is fulfilled

What do the individual words in Judges 9:47 mean?

And it was told Abimelech that were gathered together All the men of the tower of Shechem

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כָּֽל־ בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־ שְׁכֶֽם

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד	And it was told
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hofal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ	Abimelech
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Sense: king of Gerar in Abraham’s time.
כִּ֣י	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ	were gathered together
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Perfect, third person common plural Root: קָבַץ Sense: to gather, assemble.
בַּעֲלֵ֖י	the men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בָּעַל Sense: owner, husband, lord.
מִֽגְדַּל־	of the tower
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִגְדָּל Sense: tower.
שְׁכֶֽם	of Shechem
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: שְׁכֶם Sense: son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival.

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