Describes a time when Israel was ruled by judges and the cycle of turning away from God, facing trouble, and then returning to Him.
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Then, God caused a bad spirit to come between Abimelech and the people of Shechem. The people of Shechem secretly betrayed Abimelech.