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Chiasm – Judges 9 – Abimelech
A – ABIMELECH SON OF JERUBBAAL (vv.1-3)
B – WORTHLESS AND RECKLESS MEN (v.4)
C – 70 BROTHERS KILLED (v.5a)
D – JOTHAM DOESN’T DIE – MEMORIAL STONE – OAK (vv.5b-6)
E – TREES, BRANCHES, AND FIRE (vv.7-22)
F – AMBUSH (vv.23-25)
G – GAAL AND SHECHEM CONSPIRE AGAINST ABIMELECH AS KING (vv.26-29):
F’ – AMBUSHES (vv.30-45)
E’ – TREES, BRANCHES, AND FIRE (vv.46–49)
D’ – ABIMELECH DIES – UPPERMILLSTONE – TOWER (vv.50-55)
C’ – 70 BROTHERS KILLED (v.56) So God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers.
B’ – WICKED MEN (v.57a) God also returned all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads,
A’ – JOTHAM SON OF JERUBBAAL (v.57b) and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
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