Judges 9 ; Psalm 58 ; John 6:1-24 "Still Life with Bowl" (Unfinished) © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Acrylic on Canvas We come today to Judges 9, where we see Gideon’s son, Abimelech, claim what his father rejected (cf., Judges 8:22-23; 9:1-2). Moreover, in this person of Abimelech, we see happen that which God foretold earlier when the Israelites would enter into a confederation with the Canaanites – disobedience to the Word of God, compromise , and idolatry (cf., De