4 So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of aBaal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired bworthless and reckless men; and they followed him.
5 Then he went to his father’s house aat Ophrah and bkilled his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.
6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.
The Parable of the Trees
7 Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on top of aMount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and cried out. And he said to them:
“Listen to me, you men of Shechem,
That God may listen to you!
“Listen to me, you men of Shechem,
That God may listen to you!
8 “Thea trees once went forth to anoint a king over them.
And they said to the olive tree,
b‘Reign over us!’
And they said to the olive tree,
b‘Reign over us!’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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the house.
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