Jdg 9:4-5, So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men; and they followed him.… killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.
Abimelech the son of Gideon killed his brothers to eliminate any other potential Challengers, but the youngest escaped!
Jdg 9:56-57, Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers. And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Gideon, started out strong, but his son Abimelech completely destroyed his legacy! He was an ungodly leader to ungodly men who followed his ways and not GOD’s way!
Psa 55:23, But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; BUT I WILL TRUST IN YOU.
Pro 27:20, Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
DON’T PLACE YOUR TRUST IN FALLIBLE MEN, BUT PLACE YOUR TRUST IN GOD! FOR HE SHALL NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US! HE IS FAITHFUL!