Judges 9:18 meaning and explanation
but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
Judges 9:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Jotham, the lone surviving son of Gideon (called Jerubbaal), speaks these words from Mount Gerizim to the leaders of Shechem. He is charging them with betrayal: his father risked his life to rescue Israel from Midian, yet they backed Abimelech, who murdered his seventy brothers on one stone.
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