Judges 8-10: Abimelek’s Ascent: The Son Who Killed to be King

Bible Book Club

Susan Merrill & Heather Rubio

Exodus, Susan Merrill, Spirituality, Heather Rubio, Bible, Genesis, Christianity, Leviticus, Bible Book Club, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

4.8 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode, we meet Gideon's illegitimate son, Abimelek. Abimelek's rise to power is full of violence toward strangers and family alike. Abimelech cut a deal with the people of Shechem to become king. His first task was to assassinate his 70 brothers, except for one. The one who escaped, Jotham, appeared at Mount Gerizim and told a fable about Abimelech, the thornbush. God avenged the death of Gideon's sons by stirring up dissension between Abimelech and the people. Abimelech kill...

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0:00.0	I'm Heather and I'm Susan come along with us on an adventure in the book of judges.
0:05.7	Welcome to the club, the Bible book club.
0:12.7	Last episode, we went through chapter six through eight, Gideon's fleeces and flaws.
0:19.5	Gideon's two fleece tests built his faith in God, enough to believe that
0:24.8	God would save the Israelites from the hands of those pesky old Midianites. Then the Lord had two
0:31.0	tests of his own to see if Gideon trusted him. First, God eliminated the fearful men, two-third of Gideon's
0:36.5	army, leaving only 10,000 men. And then, God eliminated the fearful men, two-third of Gideon's army, leaving only 10,000 men,
0:38.9	and then God eliminated the men who drank on their knees, leaving only 300 men.
0:44.3	After the tests, Gideon needed even more assurance.
0:48.1	We just wasn't going to be convinced yet.
0:50.6	So God gave him a word from the Midianites themselves.
0:53.8	It was a dream about a loaf of barley bread,
0:56.0	symbolizing Gideon, and it rolled into the camp and destroyed a tent, symbolizing the Midianite leader.
1:02.7	Well, Gideon destroyed the Midianites, but he also, in a fit of rage and revenge, tortured the men of Sucketh and killed the men of Penaeil.
1:09.8	On top of that, Gideon asked for a tribute
1:12.3	of gold from the people, made an Ephod, and set up worship in his town. That idolatry is coming
1:19.7	back to haunt them again, and it led straight back for Israel doing evil in the eyes of the Lord.
1:25.7	Gideon was deeply flawed, not the best judge, and he
1:29.6	really did just want to be a king, which that power kind of went to his head. He did. So when we
1:34.8	open and seen one in this episode, we are going to talk about Gideon's end, and we're going to
1:40.5	get the setup for the sequel with Gideon's son.
1:45.6	Chapter 8 continued.
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