Jueces 9:6

6 Todos los señores de Siquén y Bet Miló se reunieron junto a la encina y la piedra sagrada que están en Siquén, para coronar como rey a Abimélec.

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 monedas de plata del templo de Baal Berit, con lo cual Abimélec contrató a unos maleantes sin escrúpulos para que lo siguieran.

5 Fue a Ofra, a la casa de su padre, y sobre una misma piedra asesinó a sus setenta hermanos, hijos de Yerubaal. Pero Jotán, el hijo menor de Yerubaal, se escondió y logró escaparse.

6 Todos los señores de Siquén y Bet Miló se reunieron junto a la encina y la piedra sagrada que están en Siquén, para coronar como rey a Abimélec.

7 Cuando Jotán se enteró, subió a la cima del monte Guerizín y les gritó bien fuerte:«¡Escúchenme, señores de Siquén,y que Dios los escuche a ustedes!

8 »Un día los árboles salierona ungir un rey para sí mismos.Y le dijeron al olivo:“Reina sobre nosotros”.