After the death of Gideon, his son Abimelech rises to power and kills his brothers, taking the land of their father. He then rules over the Israelites for a short time before being overthrown by his own people. This chapter shows how Israel's leadership often comes from within and is filled with violence and instability.
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Judges 6:12Judges 13:3Genesis 16:7Genesis 16:8Genesis 16:9Genesis 16:10Genesis 16:13Genesis 22:11Genesis 22:12Genesis 48:16Exodus 3:2Exodus 3:3
Leviticus 26:42Deuteronomy 31:20II Kings 23:3Jeremiah 33:20II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15
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Exodus 23:32Exodus 23:33Exodus 34:12Exodus 34:13Exodus 34:14Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16Numbers 33:52Numbers 33:53Deuteronomy 7:2Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:4
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Judges 2:21Numbers 33:55Joshua 23:13Judges 3:6Exodus 23:33Exodus 34:12Deuteronomy 7:16I Kings 11:1I Kings 11:2I Kings 11:3I Kings 11:4I Kings 11:5
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I Samuel 7:6Ezra 10:1Proverbs 17:10Jeremiah 31:9Zechariah 12:10Luke 6:21Luke 7:38II Corinthians 7:10James 4:9
II Samuel 3:32II Samuel 13:36Job 2:12II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15
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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Judges 11:24Obadiah 1:19Numbers 26:54
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Joshua 24:31II Kings 12:2II Chronicles 24:2II Chronicles 24:14II Chronicles 24:15II Chronicles 24:16II Chronicles 24:17II Chronicles 24:18II Chronicles 24:19II Chronicles 24:20II Chronicles 24:21II Chronicles 24:22
Joshua 24:31Deuteronomy 31:14Joshua 4:8Joshua 4:10Joshua 5:13Joshua 5:15
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Joshua 24:30Ezekiel 47:17Joshua 15:9Joshua 15:10Joshua 15:11Joshua 16:5
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Genesis 15:15Genesis 25:8Genesis 25:17Genesis 49:33Numbers 27:13Deuteronomy 31:16II Samuel 7:12Acts 13:36Exodus 5:2I Samuel 2:12I Chronicles 28:9Job 21:14
Exodus 17:16Psalms 78:8Ecclesiastes 1:4Isaiah 13:20Isaiah 34:10Isaiah 34:17
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Judges 4:1Judges 6:1Judges 13:1Genesis 13:13Genesis 38:7II Chronicles 33:2II Chronicles 33:6Ezra 8:12Judges 3:7Judges 10:6Judges 10:10I Samuel 7:4
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Deuteronomy 13:5Deuteronomy 29:18Deuteronomy 29:25Deuteronomy 31:16Deuteronomy 31:17Deuteronomy 32:15Deuteronomy 33:17Judges 5:8Deuteronomy 6:14Deuteronomy 6:15Exodus 20:5Deuteronomy 5:9
Judges 10:6Numbers 25:2Deuteronomy 6:14Deuteronomy 32:16II Chronicles 25:14Exodus 20:23
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Judges 2:11Judges 3:7Judges 10:6I Samuel 31:10I Kings 11:5I Kings 11:33II Kings 23:13Psalms 106:36I Corinthians 8:5I Corinthians 10:20I Corinthians 10:21I Corinthians 10:22
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Judges 3:7Judges 3:8Judges 10:7Leviticus 26:28Numbers 32:14Deuteronomy 28:20Deuteronomy 28:58Deuteronomy 29:19Deuteronomy 29:20Deuteronomy 31:17Deuteronomy 31:18II Chronicles 36:16
Joshua 21:44Joshua 7:12II Kings 21:14Nehemiah 9:27Psalms 92:9Genesis 14:20
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Judges 3:9Judges 3:10Judges 3:15Judges 4:5Judges 6:14I Samuel 12:11Acts 13:20Nehemiah 9:27Psalms 106:43Psalms 106:44Psalms 106:45
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I Samuel 8:5I Samuel 8:6I Samuel 8:7I Samuel 8:8I Samuel 12:12I Samuel 12:17I Samuel 12:19II Chronicles 36:15II Chronicles 36:16Psalms 106:43Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:16
Judges 10:6Exodus 34:16Exodus 32:8Exodus 34:15Numbers 25:2Joshua 23:16
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Exodus 3:12Joshua 1:5Acts 18:9Acts 18:10Judges 10:16Genesis 6:6Deuteronomy 32:36Psalms 90:13Psalms 106:44Psalms 106:45Jeremiah 18:7Jeremiah 18:8
Luke 12:58Exodus 18:22Judges 11:27I Samuel 2:25I Samuel 24:15I Kings 3:9
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Judges 2:7Judges 3:11Judges 3:12Judges 4:1Judges 8:33Joshua 24:31II Chronicles 24:17II Chronicles 24:18Jeremiah 16:12Matthew 23:32I Samuel 15:23Psalms 78:8
Joshua 24:15Judges 10:6Deuteronomy 12:30Exodus 23:24Deuteronomy 7:4Joshua 23:7
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Judges 2:14Judges 3:8Judges 10:7Exodus 32:10Exodus 32:11Deuteronomy 32:22Exodus 24:3Exodus 24:4Exodus 24:5Exodus 24:6Exodus 24:7Exodus 24:8
Deuteronomy 9:19Leviticus 26:42Joshua 23:16II Kings 23:3Jeremiah 34:18
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Judges 3:1Judges 3:2Judges 3:3Judges 3:4Genesis 22:1Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 8:16Deuteronomy 13:3II Chronicles 32:31Job 23:10Psalms 66:10Proverbs 17:3
Jeremiah 6:16Numbers 13:20Revelation 10:6Exodus 16:4Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8