Abimelech, son of Gideon conspired with the Canaanite people of his Mom's home place, Shechem. he decided to murder his 70 other brothers and then crown himself King. What a sneaky, terrible person. But God is good and the youngest brother Jotham, escapes.
So now he tells the people that if they choose Abimelech, then the "King" will end up destroying them all. And of course as human nature draws close to sinful stuff, they choose Abimelech.
A man like Abimelech is just detestable. He only thinks of what he can get out of this world and others and not what he can bring (good) into this world. No good ever comes from these kinds of detestable hearts. Even though some may see Abimelech as ambitious, he was not a subject to God therefore his ambitions turned him to corruption.
Let me apologize for not really writing anything the last
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