Verse 6

And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.
• 1 Kgs 12:1 : 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
• 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
• 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.
• 2 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.
• Josh 24:26 : 26 And Joshua put these words on record, writing them in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and put it up there under the oak-tree which was in the holy place of the Lord.