╩─╟ 9:1 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH THE SON OF ╩ERUBBAAL WENT TO ╙HECHEM UNTO HIS MOTHER'S BRETHREN, AND COMMUNED WITH THEM, AND WITH ALL THE FAMILY OF THE HOUSE OF HIS MOTHER'S FATHER, SAYING,
╩─╟ 9:2 ╙PEAK, ╔ PRAY YOU, IN THE EARS OF ALL THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, ╫HETHER IS BETTER FOR YOU, EITHER THAT ALL THE SONS OF ╩ERUBBAAL, WHICH ARE THREESCORE AND TEN PERSONS, REIGN OVER YOU, OR THAT ONE REIGN OVER YOU? REMEMBER ALSO THAT ╔ AM YOUR BONE AND YOUR FLESH.
╩─╟ 9:3 ┴ND HIS MOTHER'S BRETHREN SPAKE OF HIM IN THE EARS OF ALL THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM ALL THESE WORDS: AND THEIR HEARTS INCLINED TO FOLLOW ┴BIMELECH; FOR THEY SAID, ╚E IS OUR BROTHER.
╩─╟ 9:4 ┴ND THEY GAVE HIM THREESCORE AND TEN PIECES OF SILVER OUT OF THE HOUSE OF ┬AALBERITH, WHEREWITH ┴BIMELECH HIRED VAIN AND LIGHT PERSONS, WHICH FOLLOWED HIM.
╩─╟ 9:5 ┴ND HE WENT UNTO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE AT ╧PHRAH, AND SLEW HIS BRETHREN THE SONS OF ╩ERUBBAAL, BEING THREESCORE AND TEN PERSONS, UPON ONE STONE: NOTWITHSTANDING YET ╩OTHAM THE YOUNGEST SON OF ╩ERUBBAAL WAS LEFT; FOR HE HID HIMSELF.
╩─╟ 9:6 ┴ND ALL THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM GATHERED TOGETHER, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ═ILLO, AND WENT, AND MADE ┴BIMELECH KING, BY THE PLAIN OF THE PILLAR THAT WAS IN ╙HECHEM.
╩─╟ 9:7 ┴ND WHEN THEY TOLD IT TO ╩OTHAM, HE WENT AND STOOD IN THE TOP OF MOUNT ╟ERIZIM, AND LIFTED UP HIS VOICE, AND CRIED, AND SAID UNTO THEM, ╚EARKEN UNTO ME, YE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, THAT ╟OD MAY HEARKEN UNTO YOU.
╩─╟ 9:8 ╘HE TREES WENT FORTH ON A TIME TO ANOINT A KING OVER THEM; AND THEY SAID UNTO THE OLIVE TREE, ╥EIGN THOU OVER US.
╩─╟ 9:9 ┬UT THE OLIVE TREE SAID UNTO THEM, ╙HOULD ╔ LEAVE MY FATNESS, WHEREWITH BY ME THEY HONOUR ╟OD AND MAN, AND GO TO BE PROMOTED OVER THE TREES?
╩─╟ 9:10 ┴ND THE TREES SAID TO THE FIG TREE, ├OME THOU, AND REIGN OVER US.
╩─╟ 9:11 ┬UT THE FIG TREE SAID UNTO THEM, ╙HOULD ╔ FORSAKE MY SWEETNESS, AND MY GOOD FRUIT, AND GO TO BE PROMOTED OVER THE TREES?
╩─╟ 9:12 ╘HEN SAID THE TREES UNTO THE VINE, ├OME THOU, AND REIGN OVER US.
╩─╟ 9:13 ┴ND THE VINE SAID UNTO THEM, ╙HOULD ╔ LEAVE MY WINE, WHICH CHEERETH ╟OD AND MAN, AND GO TO BE PROMOTED OVER THE TREES?
╩─╟ 9:14 ╘HEN SAID ALL THE TREES UNTO THE BRAMBLE, ├OME THOU, AND REIGN OVER US.
╩─╟ 9:15 ┴ND THE BRAMBLE SAID UNTO THE TREES, ╔F IN TRUTH YE ANOINT ME KING OVER YOU, THEN COME AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN MY SHADOW: AND IF NOT, LET FIRE COME OUT OF THE BRAMBLE, AND DEVOUR THE CEDARS OF ╠EBANON.
╩─╟ 9:16 ╬OW THEREFORE, IF YE HAVE DONE TRULY AND SINCERELY, IN THAT YE HAVE MADE ┴BIMELECH KING, AND IF YE HAVE DEALT WELL WITH ╩ERUBBAAL AND HIS HOUSE, AND HAVE DONE UNTO HIM ACCORDING TO THE DESERVING OF HIS HANDS;
╩─╟ 9:17 (╞OR MY FATHER FOUGHT FOR YOU, AND ADVENTURED HIS LIFE FAR, AND DELIVERED YOU OUT OF THE HAND OF ═IDIAN:
╩─╟ 9:18 ┴ND YE ARE RISEN UP AGAINST MY FATHER'S HOUSE THIS DAY, AND HAVE SLAIN HIS SONS, THREESCORE AND TEN PERSONS, UPON ONE STONE, AND HAVE MADE ┴BIMELECH, THE SON OF HIS MAIDSERVANT, KING OVER THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, BECAUSE HE IS YOUR BROTHER;)
╩─╟ 9:19 ╔F YE THEN HAVE DEALT TRULY AND SINCERELY WITH ╩ERUBBAAL AND WITH HIS HOUSE THIS DAY, THEN REJOICE YE IN ┴BIMELECH, AND LET HIM ALSO REJOICE IN YOU:
╩─╟ 9:20 ┬UT IF NOT, LET FIRE COME OUT FROM ┴BIMELECH, AND DEVOUR THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, AND THE HOUSE OF ═ILLO; AND LET FIRE COME OUT FROM THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, AND FROM THE HOUSE OF ═ILLO, AND DEVOUR ┴BIMELECH.
╩─╟ 9:21 ┴ND ╩OTHAM RAN AWAY, AND FLED, AND WENT TO ┬EER, AND DWELT THERE, FOR FEAR OF ┴BIMELECH HIS BROTHER.
╩─╟ 9:22 ╫HEN ┴BIMELECH HAD REIGNED THREE YEARS OVER ╔SRAEL,
╩─╟ 9:23 ╘HEN ╟OD SENT AN EVIL SPIRIT BETWEEN ┴BIMELECH AND THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM; AND THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM DEALT TREACHEROUSLY WITH ┴BIMELECH:
╩─╟ 9:24 ╘HAT THE CRUELTY DONE TO THE THREESCORE AND TEN SONS OF ╩ERUBBAAL MIGHT COME, AND THEIR BLOOD BE LAID UPON ┴BIMELECH THEIR BROTHER, WHICH SLEW THEM; AND UPON THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, WHICH AIDED HIM IN THE KILLING OF HIS BRETHREN.
╩─╟ 9:25 ┴ND THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM SET LIERS IN WAIT FOR HIM IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND THEY ROBBED ALL THAT CAME ALONG THAT WAY BY THEM: AND IT WAS TOLD ┴BIMELECH.
╩─╟ 9:26 ┴ND ╟AAL THE SON OF ┼BED CAME WITH HIS BRETHREN, AND WENT OVER TO ╙HECHEM: AND THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM PUT THEIR CONFIDENCE IN HIM.
╩─╟ 9:27 ┴ND THEY WENT OUT INTO THE FIELDS, AND GATHERED THEIR VINEYARDS, AND TRODE THE GRAPES, AND MADE MERRY, AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THEIR GOD, AND DID EAT AND DRINK, AND CURSED ┴BIMELECH.
╩─╟ 9:28 ┴ND ╟AAL THE SON OF ┼BED SAID, ╫HO IS ┴BIMELECH, AND WHO IS ╙HECHEM, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM? IS NOT HE THE SON OF ╩ERUBBAAL? AND ┌EBUL HIS OFFICER? SERVE THE MEN OF ╚AMOR THE FATHER OF ╙HECHEM: FOR WHY SHOULD WE SERVE HIM?
╩─╟ 9:29 ┴ND WOULD TO ╟OD THIS PEOPLE WERE UNDER MY HAND! THEN WOULD ╔ REMOVE ┴BIMELECH. ┴ND HE SAID TO ┴BIMELECH, ╔NCREASE THINE ARMY, AND COME OUT.
╩─╟ 9:30 ┴ND WHEN ┌EBUL THE RULER OF THE CITY HEARD THE WORDS OF ╟AAL THE SON OF ┼BED, HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED.
╩─╟ 9:31 ┴ND HE SENT MESSENGERS UNTO ┴BIMELECH PRIVILY, SAYING, ┬EHOLD, ╟AAL THE SON OF ┼BED AND HIS BRETHREN BE COME TO ╙HECHEM; AND, BEHOLD, THEY FORTIFY THE CITY AGAINST THEE.
╩─╟ 9:32 ╬OW THEREFORE UP BY NIGHT, THOU AND THE PEOPLE THAT IS WITH THEE, AND LIE IN WAIT IN THE FIELD:
╩─╟ 9:33 ┴ND IT SHALL BE, THAT IN THE MORNING, AS SOON AS THE SUN IS UP, THOU SHALT RISE EARLY, AND SET UPON THE CITY: AND, BEHOLD, WHEN HE AND THE PEOPLE THAT IS WITH HIM COME OUT AGAINST THEE, THEN MAYEST THOU DO TO THEM AS THOU SHALT FIND OCCASION.
╩─╟ 9:34 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH ROSE UP, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, BY NIGHT, AND THEY LAID WAIT AGAINST ╙HECHEM IN FOUR COMPANIES.
╩─╟ 9:35 ┴ND ╟AAL THE SON OF ┼BED WENT OUT, AND STOOD IN THE ENTERING OF THE GATE OF THE CITY: AND ┴BIMELECH ROSE UP, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, FROM LYING IN WAIT.
╩─╟ 9:36 ┴ND WHEN ╟AAL SAW THE PEOPLE, HE SAID TO ┌EBUL, ┬EHOLD, THERE COME PEOPLE DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS. ┴ND ┌EBUL SAID UNTO HIM, ╘HOU SEEST THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAINS AS IF THEY WERE MEN.
╩─╟ 9:37 ┴ND ╟AAL SPAKE AGAIN, AND SAID, ╙EE THERE COME PEOPLE DOWN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE LAND, AND ANOTHER COMPANY COME ALONG BY THE PLAIN OF ═EONENIM.
╩─╟ 9:38 ╘HEN SAID ┌EBUL UNTO HIM, ╫HERE IS NOW THY MOUTH, WHEREWITH THOU SAIDST, ╫HO IS ┴BIMELECH, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM? IS NOT THIS THE PEOPLE THAT THOU HAST DESPISED? GO OUT, ╔ PRAY NOW, AND FIGHT WITH THEM.
╩─╟ 9:39 ┴ND ╟AAL WENT OUT BEFORE THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM, AND FOUGHT WITH ┴BIMELECH.
╩─╟ 9:40 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH CHASED HIM, AND HE FLED BEFORE HIM, AND MANY WERE OVERTHROWN AND WOUNDED, EVEN UNTO THE ENTERING OF THE GATE.
╩─╟ 9:41 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH DWELT AT ┴RUMAH: AND ┌EBUL THRUST OUT ╟AAL AND HIS BRETHREN, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT DWELL IN ╙HECHEM.
╩─╟ 9:42 ┴ND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT THE PEOPLE WENT OUT INTO THE FIELD; AND THEY TOLD ┴BIMELECH.
╩─╟ 9:43 ┴ND HE TOOK THE PEOPLE, AND DIVIDED THEM INTO THREE COMPANIES, AND LAID WAIT IN THE FIELD, AND LOOKED, AND, BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE WERE COME FORTH OUT OF THE CITY; AND HE ROSE UP AGAINST THEM, AND SMOTE THEM.
╩─╟ 9:44 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH, AND THE COMPANY THAT WAS WITH HIM, RUSHED FORWARD, AND STOOD IN THE ENTERING OF THE GATE OF THE CITY: AND THE TWO OTHER COMPANIES RAN UPON ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE FIELDS, AND SLEW THEM.
╩─╟ 9:45 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH FOUGHT AGAINST THE CITY ALL THAT DAY; AND HE TOOK THE CITY, AND SLEW THE PEOPLE THAT WAS THEREIN, AND BEAT DOWN THE CITY, AND SOWED IT WITH SALT.
╩─╟ 9:46 ┴ND WHEN ALL THE MEN OF THE TOWER OF ╙HECHEM HEARD THAT, THEY ENTERED INTO AN HOLD OF THE HOUSE OF THE GOD ┬ERITH.
╩─╟ 9:47 ┴ND IT WAS TOLD ┴BIMELECH, THAT ALL THE MEN OF THE TOWER OF ╙HECHEM WERE GATHERED TOGETHER.
╩─╟ 9:48 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH GAT HIM UP TO MOUNT ┌ALMON, HE AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM; AND ┴BIMELECH TOOK AN AXE IN HIS HAND, AND CUT DOWN A BOUGH FROM THE TREES, AND TOOK IT, AND LAID IT ON HIS SHOULDER, AND SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, ╫HAT YE HAVE SEEN ME DO, MAKE HASTE, AND DO AS ╔ HAVE DONE.
╩─╟ 9:49 ┴ND ALL THE PEOPLE LIKEWISE CUT DOWN EVERY MAN HIS BOUGH, AND FOLLOWED ┴BIMELECH, AND PUT THEM TO THE HOLD, AND SET THE HOLD ON FIRE UPON THEM; SO THAT ALL THE MEN OF THE TOWER OF ╙HECHEM DIED ALSO, ABOUT A THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN.
╩─╟ 9:50 ╘HEN WENT ┴BIMELECH TO ╘HEBEZ, AND ENCAMPED AGAINST ╘HEBEZ, AND TOOK IT.
╩─╟ 9:51 ┬UT THERE WAS A STRONG TOWER WITHIN THE CITY, AND THITHER FLED ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN, AND ALL THEY OF THE CITY, AND SHUT IT TO THEM, AND GAT THEM UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER.
╩─╟ 9:52 ┴ND ┴BIMELECH CAME UNTO THE TOWER, AND FOUGHT AGAINST IT, AND WENT HARD UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TOWER TO BURN IT WITH FIRE.
╩─╟ 9:53 ┴ND A CERTAIN WOMAN CAST A PIECE OF A MILLSTONE UPON ┴BIMELECH'S HEAD, AND ALL TO BRAKE HIS SKULL.
╩─╟ 9:54 ╘HEN HE CALLED HASTILY UNTO THE YOUNG MAN HIS ARMOURBEARER, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ─RAW THY SWORD, AND SLAY ME, THAT MEN SAY NOT OF ME, ┴ WOMEN SLEW HIM. ┴ND HIS YOUNG MAN THRUST HIM THROUGH, AND HE DIED.
╩─╟ 9:55 ┴ND WHEN THE MEN OF ╔SRAEL SAW THAT ┴BIMELECH WAS DEAD, THEY DEPARTED EVERY MAN UNTO HIS PLACE.
╩─╟ 9:56 ╘HUS ╟OD RENDERED THE WICKEDNESS OF ┴BIMELECH, WHICH HE DID UNTO HIS FATHER, IN SLAYING HIS SEVENTY BRETHREN:
╩─╟ 9:57 ┴ND ALL THE EVIL OF THE MEN OF ╙HECHEM DID ╟OD RENDER UPON THEIR HEADS: AND UPON THEM CAME THE CURSE OF ╩OTHAM THE SON OF ╩ERUBBAAL.
