Judges 9:24 Meaning and Explanation
“That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.”
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Read Full Chapter →The discord serves God's purpose: to repay the murder of the seventy sons upon Abimelech and his accomplices.
What Does Judges 9:24 Mean?
The narrator explains the meaning of the rising treachery. It comes so that the violence done to Gideon's seventy sons may rebound, their blood falling on Abimelech who killed them and on the Shechemites who helped him do it.
Here the chapter's moral spine stands exposed: shed blood cries out, and God does not let it go unanswered. Both the hand that struck and the hands that aided share the guilt and the recompense. Scripture insists there is no quiet escape from injustice; what was done in the dark to the innocent is brought into the light. The God who preserved Jotham now repays the slaughter of his brothers.
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What does Judges 9:24 mean?
The discord serves God's purpose: to repay the murder of the seventy sons upon Abimelech and his accomplices.