Seditious and lawless acts (Judges 9:25–26) now broke out into open rebellion. The rebellion matured at an idolatrous feast in the hous…

And made merry. —The vintage was the most joyous festival of the year (Isaiah 16:9–10; [Reference Jeremiah 25…

Ver. 27 And they went into the fields, and gathered their vineyards ,
&c.] Before they kept within the city, and dur…

Abimelech is seated on the throne his father refused. But how long does this glory last? Wait just three years, and see the bramble withered and bu…