4. And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons, who followed him.
5. And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, upon one stone; notwithstanding, yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
6. And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7. And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.
8. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.
9. But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
10. And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
11. But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
12. Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.