Judges 9:53-57

⁵³et ecce una mulier fragmen mol desuper jaciens, illisit capiti Abimelech, et confregit cerebrum ejus.

⁵⁴Qui vocavit cito armigerum suum, et ait ad eum: Evagina gladium tuum, et percute me, ne forte dicatur quod a femina interfectus sim. Qui jussa perficiens, interfecit eum.

⁵⁵Illoque mortuo, omnes qui cum eo erant de Isral, reversi sunt in sedes suas:

⁵⁶et reddidit Deus malum quod fecerat Abimelech contra patrem suum, interfectis septuaginta fratribus suis.

⁵⁷Sichimitis quoque quod operati erant, retributum est, et venit super eos maledictio Joatham filii Jerobaal.

Judges 9 narrates the tragic rise and fall of Abimelech, Gideon's son by a concubine, who ruthlessly murders his seventy brothers to seize kingship over Shechem. Jotham, the youngest brother, escapes and delivers a powerful fable about trees seeking a king, warning the people of Shechem about the destructive nature of their choice. Abimelech's tyrannical reign is marked by violence and treachery, ultimately leading to his own ignominious death at the hands of a woman, fulfilling Jotham's curse and demonstrating the bitter fruit of human ambition apart from God's appointed leadership.

Vulgata Clementina (CLEM), 1592. Domínio público (Public Domain). Texto livre para reprodução, distribuição e uso em qualquer projeto.

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