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Księga Sędziów 9:2

Zapytajcie w gronie wszystkich rządców miasta Sychem: Co jest dla was lepsze: Czy to, by panowało nad wami siedemdziesięciu ludzi, wszyscy synowie Jerubaala, czy to, by panował nad wami jeden człowiek? Zwróćcie im też uwagę, że ja jestem waszym rodakiem, łączy nas jedna krew.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambition;   Conspiracy;   Judge;   Rulers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jotham;   Shechem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abimelech;   Concubine;   Jotham;   Marriage;   Shechem;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Flesh;   Lord;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baal (2);   Judges;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baal (1);   Gideon;   Government;   Israel;   Jerubbaal;   Judges (1);   King;   Levi;   Marriage;   Ophrah;   Palestine;   Shalman;   Shechem;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shechem ;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bone;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Flesh;   Judges, Period of;   Number;   Person;   Shechem;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Treason;  

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Proszę mówcie Sychimietom gdzieby słyszeli wszyscy: Cóż jest lepszego czyli aby wam siedmdziesiąt mężów panowało wszyscy synowie Jerobaalowi, czyli iżby nad wami panował mąż jeden? A wy też wżdy na to pamiętajcie, żem jest kość wasza i ciało wasze.
Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Mówcie proszę, gdzieby słyszeli wszyscy przełożeni Sychem: Co wam lepszego, aby nad wami panowało siedmdziesiąt mężów, wszyscy synowie Jerobaalowi, czyli żeby panował nad wami mąż jeden? Wżdy pamiętajcie, żem ja kość wasza, i ciało wasze.
Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Zapytajcie się w uszy wszystkich obywateli Szechemu: Co jest dla was korzystniejszym? Aby panowało nad wami siedemdziesięciu mężów – wszyscy będący synami Jerubbaala; czy też aby panował nad wami jeden mąż? Przy tym rozważcie, że jestem waszą kością i cielesną naturą.
Biblia Tysiąclecia
Mówcie proszę, gdzieby słyszeli wszyscy przełożeni Sychem: Co wam lepszego, aby nad wami panowało siedmdziesiąt mężów, wszyscy synowie Jerobaalowi, czyli żeby panował nad wami mąż jeden? Wżdy pamiętajcie, żem ja kość wasza, i ciało wasze.
Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Powiedzcie do uszu wszystkich przełożonych Sychem: Co jest dla was lepsze: aby panowało nad wami siedemdziesięciu ludzi, wszyscy synowie Jerubbaala, czy żeby panował nad wami jeden człowiek? Pamiętajcie, że jestem z waszej kości i waszego ciała.
Biblia Warszawska
Zapytajcie się wyraźnie wszystkich obywateli Sychem: Co jest dla was lepiej, czy żeby panowało nad wami siedemdziesięciu mężów, samych tylko synów Jerubbaala, czy też żeby panował nad wami jeden mąż? Pamiętajcie także, żem ja ciało z ciała waszego i kość z kości waszej.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whether: etc. Heb. What is good

whether: etc

threescore: Judges 8:30

your bone: Genesis 29:14, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Chronicles 11:1, Ephesians 5:30, Hebrews 2:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:23 - bone Deuteronomy 33:5 - king 2 Samuel 5:1 - we 2 Samuel 19:12 - my bones 1 Kings 1:5 - I will Isaiah 58:7 - thine own

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem,.... Which, though the Targum calls the inhabitants of the place, Ben Melech better interprets it the lords of Shechem, as the phrase will bear to be rendered; for it is more likely he would have this first whispered and suggested to the principal men of the city, before the common people were acquainted with it, and indeed in order to use their influence with them:

whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] seventy persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? intimating thereby, that though Gideon his father had refused the regal government when offered him, it was but reasonable that his sons, or some one of them, should be tried, whether it would be acceptable to them; nay, he would insinuate, that the sons of Gideon, who were seventy in number, were either contending with one another about it, or contriving to divide the government among them, and therefore desired it might be moved to consideration, whether it would not be more eligible to fix upon some one person to be their ruler, than to be under the government of seventy; or, in other words, whether it was not better to have one king than seventy kings; but in reality there was no necessity for any consultation about this matter, the sons of judges never succeeded their fathers in government; nor does it appear that any of Gideon's sons had any thought about it, nor any desire to be made kings, as appears from Jotham's parable; and this was only a wicked insinuation of this man's, with an ambitious view of getting the kingdom to himself, as follows:

remember also that I am your bone and your flesh; was of the same tribe and city with them, born among them, his mother always living with them, and he having now many near relations by his mother's side that dwelt there; and therefore while they had this affair of government under consideration, he would have them think of him to be their king, which would be to their honour, and to their advantage, to have one so nearly related to them on the throne, from whom they might expect many favours.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The men of Shechem - literally, “the masters.” Compare Joshua 24:11; 1 Samuel 23:11-12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 9:2. Whether is better for you, either that all the sons — This was a powerful argument: Whether will you have seventy tyrants or only one! For, as he had no right to the government, and God alone was king at that time in Israel; so he must support his usurped rule by whatever means were most likely to effect it: a usurped government is generally supported by oppression and the sword.


 
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