And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech — Among Gideon's sons is Abimelech, born to a concubine in Shechem. The name אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (Abimelech, my father is king) is ironically named by Gideon, who rejected kingship. Shechem's significance foreshadows: the rejected kingship will be claimed by the bastard son.

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