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His concubine who was in Shechem
Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and spoke to them and to all his maternal grandfather’s clan, saying,
His mother’s relatives spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the lords of Shechem, and they were favorable to Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
So they gave him 70 pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith.
Then all the lords of Shechem and of Beth-millo gathered together and proceeded to make Abimelech king at the oak of the pillar in Shechem.
“Now if you have acted faithfully
and now you have attacked my father’s house today, killed his 70 sons on top of a large stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave, king over the lords of Shechem ‘because he is your brother’—
if then you have acted faithfully and honestly with Jerubbaal and his house this day, rejoice in Abimelech and may he also rejoice in you.
But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and lived there because of his brother Abimelech.
God sent an evil spirit
so that the crime against the 70 sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood would be avenged on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who had helped him kill his brothers.
The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush
So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration.
Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
If only these people were in my power, I would remove Abimelech.” So he said
So he sent messengers secretly to Abimelech, saying, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed, with his brothers, have come to Shechem and are turning the city against you.
So Abimelech and all the people with him got up at night and waited in ambush for Shechem in four units.
Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate. Then Abimelech and the people who were with him got up from their ambush.
Zebul replied,
So Gaal went out leading the lords of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Many wounded died
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers from Shechem.
The next day when the people went into the countryside, this was reported to Abimelech.
Then Abimelech and the units that were with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two units rushed against all who were in the countryside and struck them down.
So Abimelech fought against the city that entire day, captured it, and killed the people who were in it. Then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.
Then it was reported to Abimelech that all the lords of the Tower of Shechem had gathered together.
So Abimelech and all the people who were with him went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his ax in his hand and cut a branch from the trees. He picked up the branch, put it on his shoulder, and said to the people who were with him, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
Each person also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire around the people, and all the people in the Tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.
Abimelech went to Thebez,
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.
When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
In this way, God turned back on Abimelech the evil that he had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers.
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
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