Jueces 9:6

6 Y reunidos todos los señores de Siquem con toda la casa de Milo (la congregación), fueron y eligieron a Abimelec por rey, cerca de la llanura del pilar que estaba en Siquem

Jueces 9:6 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:6

And all the men of Shechem gathered together
Upon the return of Abimelech, after he with his banditti had committed the execrable murder of his brethren:

and all the house of Millo;
which was either the men of a place near to Shechem, or of his brother's family, or of some grand leading family in Shechem; or it may mean the town hall, where the principal inhabitants met in full house, as Millo signifies, on this occasion:

and went and made Abimelech king;
which was a most bold and daring action; being done without asking counsel of God, without which no king was to be set over Israel, and by a single city, without the knowledge, advice, and consent of the body of the people of Israel: by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem; the place where they met together, and did this business in voting Abimelech to be king, was near a place where a pillar was set in Shechem; or by the oak of the pillar in Shechem, and so may mean the stone under an oak, which Joshua placed there as a testimony between God and the people, ( Joshua 24:25-27 ) and here, in the same place where Joshua convened the people of Israel, and made his last speech to them, was this business done.

Jueces 9:6 In-Context

4 Y le dieron setenta siclos de plata del templo de Baal-berit, con los cuales Abimelec alquiló varones vacíos y livianos, que le siguieron

5 Y viniendo a la casa de su padre en Ofra, mató a sus hermanos los hijos de Jerobaal, setenta varones, sobre una piedra; mas quedó Jotam, el más pequeño hijo de Jerobaal, que se escondió

6 Y reunidos todos los señores de Siquem con toda la casa de Milo (la congregación), fueron y eligieron a Abimelec por rey, cerca de la llanura del pilar que estaba en Siquem

7 Cuando se lo dijeron a Jotam, fue y se puso en la cumbre del monte de Gerizim, y alzando su voz clamó, y les dijo: Oídme, varones de Siquem; que Dios os oiga

8 Fueron los árboles a ungir rey sobre sí, y le dijeron al olivo: Reina sobre nosotros