Verse 18

But you have attacked my father’s family today. You murdered his seventy legitimate sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 9:5-6 : 5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, because he hid. 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
• Judg 9:14 : 14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush,‘You come and be our king!’
• Ps 109:4 : 4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
• Judg 8:30-31 : 30 Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives. 31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
• Judg 8:35 : 35 They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal(that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.