INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 9
This chapter contains an account of the craft and cruelty of Abimelech, by which he got himself made king of the Shechemites, Judges 9:1 of the parable of Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, concerning the trees, in which he exposes their folly in making Abimelech king, and foretells the ruin of them both, Judges 9:7 of the contentions which arose between Abimelech, and the men of Shechem, increased by Gaal the son of Ebed, Judges 9:22 who was drawn into a battle with Abimelech, and beaten and forced to fly, Judges 9:30 but the quarrel between Abimelech and the men of Shechem ceased not, but still continued, which issued in the entire ruin of the city and the inhabitants of it, Judges 9:42 and in the death of Abimelech himself, according to Jotham's curse, Judges 9:50.