Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version After Abimelek had governed Israel three years, New Living Translation After Abimelech had ruled over Israel for three years, English Standard Version Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. Berean Standard Bible After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years, King James Bible When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, New King James Version After Abimelech had reigned over Israel three years, New American Standard Bible Now Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years. NASB 1995 Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. NASB 1977 Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. Legacy Standard Bible And Abimelech governed over Israel three years. Amplified Bible Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years. Christian Standard Bible When Abimelech had ruled over Israel three years, Holman Christian Standard Bible When Abimelech had ruled over Israel three years, American Standard Version And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. Contemporary English Version Abimelech had been a military commander of Israel for three years, English Revised Version And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. GOD'S WORD® Translation Abimelech ruled Israel for three years. Good News Translation Abimelech ruled Israel for three years. International Standard Version Abimelech dominated Israel for three years. Majority Standard Bible After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years, NET Bible Abimelech commanded Israel for three years. New Heart English Bible Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. Webster's Bible Translation When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, World English Bible Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Abimelech is prince over Israel [for] three years, Young's Literal Translation And Abimelech is prince over Israel three years, Smith's Literal Translation And Abimelech will have dominion over Israel three years, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSo Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years. New American Bible When Abimelech had ruled Israel for three years, New Revised Standard Version Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen Abimeleck had reigned over Israel three years, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Abimelek was authorized over Israel three years OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abimelech reigned over Israel three years. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Gaal Conspires with the Shechemites22After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years, 23God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,… Cross References 1 Samuel 8:5-7 “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” / But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. / And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. 1 Samuel 12:12-15 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king. / Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you. / If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. ... 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” 2 Samuel 2:4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.” 2 Samuel 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel. 2 Kings 11:17-20 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people. / So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD. / He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne, ... 2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. Hosea 8:4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. Hosea 13:10-11 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? / So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. Psalm 2:1-6 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: / “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” ... Psalm 75:6-7 For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert, / but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another. Proverbs 8:15-16 By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws; / By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly. Daniel 2:21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Matthew 2:22 But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” Treasury of Scripture When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Chief Israel Prince Reigned Ruled ThreeJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Chief Israel Prince Reigned Ruled ThreeJudges 9 1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king7. 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. After Abimelech had reigned The phrase "After Abimelech had reigned" introduces us to a period of governance under Abimelech, the son of Gideon (also known as Jerubbaal). The Hebrew root for "reigned" is "māšal," which implies ruling or having dominion. This word choice is significant as it reflects not just a political leadership but a dominion that often carries a connotation of control or even oppression, which is fitting given Abimelech's violent rise to power. Historically, Abimelech's reign was marked by treachery and bloodshed, as he killed his seventy brothers to secure his position. This act of fratricide sets the tone for his rule, which was not divinely appointed but self-imposed, contrasting with the God-ordained judges who preceded him. over Israel for three years Over Israel--i.e., over all the Israelites who would accept his authority--mainly the central tribes. Verse 22. - Had reigned. The Hebrew word here used is quite a different one from that in vers. 8, 10, 12, 14, and elsewhere, where the reign of a king is designated. It means to exercise dominion, to be a chief or captain over a people. The use of it here suggests that though, as we read in ver. 6, the Canaanite men of Shechem and the house of Millo had made him their king, yet he was not made king by the tribes in general, only he exercised a kind of dominion over them, or over a sufficiently large portion of them to warrant their being called Israel.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew After Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name had reigned וַיָּ֧שַׂר (way·yā·śar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7786: Make princes, have power, reign over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc for three שָׁלֹ֥שׁ (šā·lōš) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice years, שָׁנִֽים׃ (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year Links Judges 9:22 NIVJudges 9:22 NLT Judges 9:22 ESV Judges 9:22 NASB Judges 9:22 KJV Judges 9:22 BibleApps.com Judges 9:22 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:22 Chinese Bible Judges 9:22 French Bible Judges 9:22 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 9:22 Abimelech was prince over Israel three years (Jd Judg. 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