17. Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.
18. But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.
19. So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today? If you have, may Abimelek be your joy, and may you be his, too!
20. But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!”
21. Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelek.
22. After Abimelek had governed Israel three years,
23. God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek.
24. God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.