Judges 9:1-3

Lexham English Bible

Abimelech Attempts to Become King

9 And Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem, to the relatives of his mother, and he said to them and to the house of his mother’s father, ² “Speak to^[a] the lords of Shechem, ‘What is better for you, that seventy men all from the sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or that one man rules over you?’ Remember that I am your bone and your flesh.” ³ And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words concerning him to^[b] all the lords of Shechem; and they supported Abimelech,^[c] for they said, “He is our relative.”^[d]