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Abimelech kills his brothers and is made king
Abimelech used silver from Baal-berith's temple to hire reckless men and killed Gideon's sons on one stone, except Jotham who escaped. Shechem made Abimelech king, and Jotham answered with the parable of the trees (Judges 9:1-21).
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📖 Judges 9:1–3
1Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother, 2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.” 3And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
Sources: Scripture — Judges 9:1-21
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