all the men of Shechem ..., and all the house of Millo - that is, a mound or rampart, so that the meaning is, all the men in the house or temple; namely, the priests of Baal.
made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar - rather, “by the oak near a raised mound” - so that the ceremony of coronation might be conspicuous to a crowd.