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Is There a King in the Bible?
In chapter eight, the man of israel said, unto gideon, rule thou over us. Gideon says, this is not the time to start a monarchy. The lord is still our king, and we are going to keep this religious, lash, family based kingdom of his wing. Chapter nine is a little bit of a detour,. We hear about a fellow named abimelech who has 70 sons. And he decides he's got his mother from shechum, and he's got connections. He thinks he kills all his step brothers, the 70 sons, or at least 69 of the sons of Gilead. But one gets away. His name is jotham