Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
all the men of Shechem . . ., and all the house of Millo—that is, a mound or rampart, so that the meaning is, all the men in the house or temple; namely, the priests of Baal.
made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar—rather, "by the oak near a raised mound"—so that the ceremony of coronation might be conspicuous to a crowd.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Judges 9:6:
Genesis 35:4
Judges 9:1
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