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His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
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A Compromising Relationship
Commentators note that Gideon's concubine was from Shechem and likely a Canaanite. This relationship was a compromise of God's law, similar to Solomon's later sins. This single act of taking a foreign partner outside the covenant planted the seeds for the division and bloodshed that would soon tear his family and Israel apart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Abimelech’s mother was not counted among the wives, probably being one of the Canaanite population in Shechem (Judges 9:28); neither wa…
19th Century
Anglican
His concubine that was in Shechem. —In Judges 9:18 she is contemptuously called his maid servant. The sequel ([Reference …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And his concubine that was in Shechem Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally tak…
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As soon as Gideon, who had kept the people in the worship of the God of Israel, was dead, they found themselves under no restraint; then they went …
