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And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself. All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near the oak[a] of the pillar that is at Shechem.

And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and he cried out loud[b] and said to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:6 Or “terebinth”
  2. Judges 9:7 Literally “he lifted his voice and called”

He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers,(A) the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham,(B) the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.(C) Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo(D) gathered beside the great tree(E) at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.

When Jotham(F) was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim(G) and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

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