Judges 9:2 meaning and explanation
“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.”
Judges 9:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Abimelech, son of Gideon (called Jerubbaal), is speaking to his mother's relatives in Shechem. After Gideon's death, his many sons stood as potential heirs, and Abimelech campaigns for himself by framing the choice as seventy rulers or one.
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