Judg 9:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Judg 9:3-5: 9:3-5 Abimelech’s appeal raised funding from the local temple of Baal-berith , the worship center for a mixed Canaanite-Israelite religious cult.

d2 Kgs 11:1-3►

‏ Judges 9:3-5

Summary for Judg 9:3-5: 9:3-5 ^a Abimelech’s appeal raised funding from the local temple of Baal-berith, the worship center for a mixed Canaanite-Israelite religious cult.
9:4 ^b True leaders do not buy loyalty and they appeal to the noble in society, not to reckless troublemakers like Abimelech’s mercenary followers.
9:5 ^c The murder of the seventy ... sons of Gideon ... on one stone was probably some kind of ritual slaying.

• youngest brother ... escaped: Cp. 2 Kgs 11:1-3 ^d.