Judges 9:5 meaning and explanation
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
Judges 9:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Abimelech, son of Gideon (called Jerubbaal), has just been hired by the leaders of Shechem with silver from the temple of Baal-berith. Here he goes to his father's house in Ophrah and kills his brothers, seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on a single stone, likely an altar or rock of execution.
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