5. He 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. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
6. Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.
7. When 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!
8. Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.First they said to the olive tree,‘Be our king!’