 But I want you to see the arrogancy of an ungodly leader. In this situation, there arose an ungodly leader. His name was Abimelech. Begin to read now in chapter 9, verse 1. And Abimelech, the son of Jeroboam, went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren and communed with them and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, I pray you in the ears of all the men of Shechem,