Abimelech
– Judges 9
- Son of Gideon. Jud 9:1 -
Hired mercenaries. Jud 9:4
- Killed all his
brothers. Jud 9:5 - Was crowned King
of Shechem. Jud 9:6
- Jotham brother of Abimelech curses Shechem
for treatment of his family. Jud 9:7-21
- Abimelech governs for 3 years. Jud 9:22
- Shechem secretly plots against Abimelech and
follows Gaal another leader. Civil war
Follows.
The city of
- He then attacks a city called Thebez and is mortally
wounded by a stone and is killed.
His death was judgment of God for killing
his brothers. Jud 9:50-57
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