in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. Cross References Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Deuteronomy 27:25 Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!' Judges 9:25 The leaders of Shechem set an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech. Judges 9:56 In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. Judges 9:57 And God also brought back upon their own heads all the evil of the men of Shechem. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them. 1 Kings 2:32 The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he killed with the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army. Chapter Outline 1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king7. Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin 22. Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him 30. Zebul reveals it 34. Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt 46. He burns the hold of the god Berith 50. At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone 56. Jotham's curse is fulfilled. Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Aided Blood Crime Cruelty Hands Jerubbaal Jerubba'al Jerub-Baal's Kill Killed Killing Laid Order Seventy Shechem Slay Slew Strengthened Ten Threescore ViolenceJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Aided Blood Crime Cruelty Hands Jerubbaal Jerubba'al Jerub-Baal's Kill Killed Killing Laid Order Seventy Shechem Slay Slew Strengthened Ten Threescore Violence |
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