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Selected Verse: Judges 9:23 - Strong Concordance

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Jud 9:23 Strong Concordance Then God [0430] sent [07971] an evil [07451] spirit [07307] between Abimelech [040] and the men [01167] of Shechem [07927]; and the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] dealt treacherously [0898] with Abimelech [040]:
  King James Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem--In the course of providence, jealousy, distrust, secret disaffection, and smothered rebellion appeared among his subjects disappointed and disgusted with his tyranny; and God permitted those disorders to punish the complicated crimes of the royal fratricide and idolatrous usurper.
 
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