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Judges 9:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 9:16

Verse 16 of 57

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Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;

Judges 9:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 9:16

Theological / Devotional

If you have done truly. Jotham begins the application of the parable. Their action in making Abimelech king — even they would have to admit — was performed thoughtlessly and in a cavalier fashion.

According to the deserving. Having shown the dangerous situation in which the people of Shechem had involved themselves, Jotham sternly rebuked them for the ingratitude they had shown toward Gideon by financing Abimelech’s raid on Gideon’s house during the course of which Abimelech had massacred 69 of his own half brothers. This was the reward the inhabitants of Shechem gave the family of one who had risked his life to deliver the inhabitants of Palestine from the Midianite hordes. Great favors often meet with ill returns, especially from posterity.

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