Jueces 9:6

6 Entonces todos los ciudadanos prominentes de Siquem y de Bet-milo convocaron una reunión bajo el roble que está junto a la columna
de Siquem y proclamaron rey a Abimelec.

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 Le dieron setenta monedas de plata del templo de Baal-berit, las cuales él usó para contratar a unos hombres alborotadores e imprudentes que aceptaron seguirlo.

5 Fue a la casa de su padre en Ofra y allí, sobre una misma piedra, mató a sus setenta medio hermanos, los hijos de Gedeón.
Pero Jotam, el hermano menor, escapó y se escondió.

6 Entonces todos los ciudadanos prominentes de Siquem y de Bet-milo convocaron una reunión bajo el roble que está junto a la columna
de Siquem y proclamaron rey a Abimelec.

7 Parábola de Jotam
Cuando Jotam se enteró, subió a la cima del monte Gerizim y gritó:
«¡Escúchenme, ciudadanos de Siquem!
¡Escúchenme a mí si quieren que Dios los escuche a ustedes!

8 Cierta vez los árboles decidieron elegir un rey.
Primero le dijeron al olivo:
“¡Reina sobre nosotros!”.