“Victory Can Be Corrupted, and Ambition Can Destroy”
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Judges 8–9 shows what can happen after God gives victory if humility, covenant loyalty, and holy restraint are not maintained. These chapters teach that success can be mishandled, leaders can become snares, and selfish ambition can tear a people apart. Judges 8 records Gideon’s later actions after the defeat of Midian and shows how a deliverer can end with troubling compromise. Judges 9 then records the rise and fall of Abimelech, whose violent ambition brings bloodshed, judgment, and…
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