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Jdg 9:1-6. Abimelech is made king by the Shecemites.
Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem - The idolatry which had been stealthily creeping into Israel during the latter years of Gideon was now openly professed; Shechem was wholly inhabited by its adherents; at least, idolaters had the ascendency. Abimelech, one of Gideon’s numerous sons, was connected with that place. Ambitious of sovereign power, and having plied successfully the arts of a demagogue with his maternal relatives and friends, he acquired both the influence and money by which he raised himself to a throne.
communed ... with all the family of the house of his mother’s father - Here is a striking instance of the evils of polygamy - one son has connections and interests totally alien to those of his brothers.