Would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out.
In other words, he's an outsider. We ought to be serving Hamor and his family, let them be the kings. And he said to God the people were under my rule, because I can really do a good job here, you know. Who's Abimelech? And so he said if you would just commit yourself to me I would remove Abimelech.