Judges 9:29 (KJV)

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And would to God this people were under my hand then would I remove Abimelech And he said to Abimelech Increase thine army and come out

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would to God.The very words and conduct of a sly, hypocritical demagogue. 2Sa 15:4 1Ki 20:11 Ps 10:3 Ro 1:30 Ro 1:31

Increase thine army. 2Sa 2:14-17 2Ki 14:8 2Ki 18:23 Isa 36:8 Isa 36:9

And he said.Rather, "and I would say to Abimelech," as the LXX. renders; for as Dr. Wall observes, this was probably not said in the presence of Abimelech; but at an intemperate feast, in his absence, when he boasted he would challenge him.

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