Judges 9:17 meaning and explanation
for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
Judges 9:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Jotham is speaking from Mount Gerizim to the leaders of Shechem, who have just crowned his half-brother Abimelech after he murdered Gideon's seventy sons. Jotham reminds them of what their action ignores: his father Jerubbaal, that is Gideon, had fought for them and risked his own life to rescue them from Midianite oppression.
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