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'Citizens' in the Bible

"Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubba'al rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."

Verse ConceptsBodySeventySame Bone And FleshSeventies

And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

Verse ConceptsPillarsObelisksOaksMaking KingsCitizens

and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIngratitudeBeing Killed By A RockMaking KingsSeventiesKilling Brothers

but if not, let fire come out from Abim'elech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abim'elech."

Verse ConceptsBurning People

Will the citizens of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.

And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Verse ConceptsSwineFeeding AnimalsPigs

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.

Verse ConceptsenvoyHatredSelf WillHating GodUnsuitable RuleCitizens

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πολίτης 
Polites 
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