The One Year Bible - Day 119

Judges 9:22 is nice and gritty. It would make a cool comic book or film. One of the things about the Bible is that it doesn't hide sin or the nasty side of people's character. There is no Hollywood here, just Abimelech who was conceived of a concubine and strayed as soon as he was able and ending up with his head smashed in by a millstone. You wonder why someone like Gideon, who was a mighty God-fearing warrior ended up with a concubine despite having so many natural sons and whether this act of union outside of marriage ended up sowing the roots of the hatred and destruction that came from Abimelech.