Such wholesale slaughters have always been common in Eastern monarchies, and are among the fruits of polygamy.

And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah. —Probably, like Absalom, he seized the opportunity of some local or family…

And he went to his father's house at Ophrah
Which, according to Bunting ^F1 , was ten miles from Shechem:<…

The men of Shechem chose Abimelech king. God was not consulted whether they should have any king, much less who it should be.

If parents coul…