“…a woman dropped an upper millstone on Avimelekh’s head, cracking his skull.  He quickly called out to the young man holding his armor, ‘Draw your sword, and finish me off, so that people won’t say a woman killed me.’ So his attendant ran him through, and he died.  When the men of Israel saw that […]

“Z’vul said to him, ‘Where’s your mouth now? You said, ‘Who is Avimelekh? Why should we serve him?’ Aren’t these the people you despise? Go on out and fight them!’So Ga‘al went out, leading the men of Sh’khem, and fought Avimelekh.  But Avimelekh gave chase, and Ga‘al took to flight; many fell wounded, strewn all […]

“Ga‘al the son of a slave said, ‘Who is Avimelekh? Think of the contrast with Sh’khem! Why should we serve Avimelekh? Isn’t he the son of Yeruba‘al? Isn’t Z’vul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Sh’khem! Why should we serve Avimelekh?’”-Judges 9:28 So Ga’al and his henchmen are partying like there’s […]

“Ga‘al the son of a slave came with his brothers and went on to Sh’khem, and the men of Sh’khem put their trust in him.  They went out into the field, gathered their grapes and pressed the juice out of them. Then they held a feast and went into the house of their god to […]

“So the men of Sh’khem sent out men to ambush him on the mountaintops. They robbed everyone who went past them, and Avimelekh was told about it.“-Judges 9:25 Despite Yotam’s hilltop warning which he had shouted from the top of Mount Gerizim, the people of Shechem continued to follow the wicked Avimelech. However, at exactly […]