Abimelech’s fact is justly charged upon them, as done by their consent, approbation, and assistance.
His maid-servant; his concubine, whom he so calls by way of reproach, because maid-servants were oft made concubines, Exo_21:7-10.
Over the men of Shechem; by which limitation of their power, and his kingdom, he reflects contempt upon him, and chargeth them with presumption, that having only power over their own city, they durst impose a king upon all Israel.