JUDGES

LESSON NINE

(Chapter 9)

1. Did Abimelech have any right to rule over Israel? (Judges 8:23)

2. Why did Gideon refuse to be king? (1 Sam. 8:6-10). (Dan. 4:32-37)

3. Why did Jotham speak from Mount Gerizim? (Deut. 27:9-26, 28: 1-14)

4. What was different about Abimelech's reign, than that of the judges? (Judges 8:28, 5:31)

5. Why were all the men of the tower of Shechem hiding in the tower?

6. What will always be remembered about Abimelech?