Shoftim (Judges) — Perek 9

Abimelech’s Rise/Fall

Abimelech kills his brothers, becomes king, and dies crushed by a woman.

• Abimelech kills seventy of his brothers to seize power in Shechem.
• Jotham tells the Parable of the Trees to rebuke the people.
• Gaal leads a rebellion against Abimelech but is defeated.
• Abimelech is killed by a millstone dropped by a woman at Thebez.