See in Reader
864 B
864 B
Judges 9 General Notes
Special concepts in this chapter
Jotham's curse
Gideon's son, Abimelech, killed all of his brothers except Jotham in order to become king of Shechem. Jotham cursed Abimelech for having murdered Gideon's other sons. "Let fire come out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and the house of Millo. Let fire come out from the men of Shechem and Beth Millo, to burn up Abimelech." (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/curse)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Tree metaphor
This chapter contains an extended metaphor about trees. This metaphor functions as a parable instructing Israel about their sinful desire to have a king. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)