Judges 9:16 meaning and explanation
Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
Judges 9:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Jotham, the only surviving son of Gideon (also called Jerubbaal), speaks from Mount Gerizim to the leaders of Shechem who have just crowned his half-brother Abimelech. His sentence is deliberately conditional and ironic, setting a test rather than giving a blessing.
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