Now, when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them: (Judges 9:7)
Only Jotham, Gideon's youngest son, managed to flee the massacre that took place at the stone (Judges 9:5). Here, he told a parable to rebuke the men of Shechem for their choice of Abimelech as a king. He made this speech from the top of Mount Gerizim, the mountain from which Israel heard the blessings of God pronounced upon the obedient (Deuteronomy 11:29 and 27:12; Joshua 8:33) about 150 years before.
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem, and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, (Judges 9:23)
Evil spirits are one of the main causes of many soured relationships. Relationships that were once honourable and good are under attack by these wicked spirits.
So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt. (Judges 9:45)
Sowing salt on a land was a form of judgment. The sowing of salt was to make the ground barren and unable to produce for generations to come.
Only Jotham, Gideon's youngest son, managed to flee the massacre that took place at the stone (Judges 9:5). Here, he told a parable to rebuke the men of Shechem for their choice of Abimelech as a king. He made this speech from the top of Mount Gerizim, the mountain from which Israel heard the blessings of God pronounced upon the obedient (Deuteronomy 11:29 and 27:12; Joshua 8:33) about 150 years before.
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem, and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, (Judges 9:23)
Evil spirits are one of the main causes of many soured relationships. Relationships that were once honourable and good are under attack by these wicked spirits.
So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he demolished the city and sowed it with salt. (Judges 9:45)
Sowing salt on a land was a form of judgment. The sowing of salt was to make the ground barren and unable to produce for generations to come.
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