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¹One day Gideon’s#9:1 Hebrew Jerub-baal’s (see 6:32); also in 9:2, 24. son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles - his mother’s brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother’s family, ²“Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon’s sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!” ⁵He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.#9:5 Hebrew Jerub-baal (see 6:32); also in 9:16, 19, 28, 57. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.

⁶Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar#9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. at Shechem and made Abimelech their king. ⁷When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem!Listen to me if you want God to listen to you! ⁸Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.First they said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ⁹But the olive tree refused, saying, ‘Should I quit producing the olive oilthat blesses both God and people, just to wave back and forth over the trees?’ ¹¹But the fig tree also refused, saying, ‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruitjust to wave back and forth over the trees?’ ¹⁴“Then all the trees finally turned to the thornbush and said, ‘Come, you be our king!’ ¹⁶Jotham continued, “Now make sure you have acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelech your king, and that you have done right by Gideon and all of his descendants. Have you treated him with the honor he deserves for all he accomplished? ¹⁸But today you have revolted against my father and his descendants, killing his seventy sons on one stone. And you have chosen his slave woman’s son, Abimelech, to be your king just because he is your relative. ¹⁹“If you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Gideon and his descendants today, then may you find joy in Abimelech, and may he find joy in you. ²¹Then Jotham escaped and lived in Beer because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech. ²²After Abimelech had ruled over Israel for three years,

²⁵The citizens of Shechem set an ambush for Abimelech on the hilltops and robbed everyone who passed that way. But someone warned Abimelech about their plot.

³⁰But when Zebul, the leader of the city, heard what Gaal was saying, he was furious. ³⁵Gaal was standing at the city gates when Abimelech and his army came out of hiding. ⁴³he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them. ⁴⁶When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith.#9:46 Hebrew El-berith, another name for Baal-berith; compare 9:4. ⁴⁸so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men. ⁴⁹So each of them cut down some branches, following Abimelech’s example. They piled the branches against the walls of the temple and set them on fire. So all the people who had lived in the tower of Shechem died - about 1, 000 men and women. ⁵¹But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women - the entire population - fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower. ⁵³a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull. ⁵⁵When Abimelech’s men saw that he was dead, they disbanded and returned to their homes.

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