Judges 9:5-57 and he goes into the house of his father at Ophrah, and slays his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; and Jotham, youngest son of Jerubbaal, is left, for he was hidden.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ and he goes into the house of his father at Ophrah, and slays his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; and Jotham, youngest son of Jerubbaal, is left, for he was hidden. ⁶ And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;" ⁷ and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goes and stands on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifts up his voice, and calls, and said to them, `Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and Elohim does hearken unto you. ⁸ `The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign you over us. ⁹ And the olive said to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honor elohims and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? ¹⁰ And the trees say to the fig, Come you, reign over us. ¹¹ And the fig said to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? ¹² `And the trees say to the vine, Come you, reign over us. ¹³ And the vine said to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing elohims and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? ¹⁴ And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come you, reign over us. ¹⁵ And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth you are anointing me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow; and if not--fire comes out from the bramble, and devours the cedars of Lebanon. ¹⁶ `And, now, if in truth and in sincerity you have acted, when you make Abimelech king; and if you have done good with Jerubbaal, and with his house; and if according to the deed of his hands you have done to him-. ¹⁷ because my father has fought for you, and does cast away his life from [him], and deliver you from the hand of Midian;" ¹⁸ and you have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he [is] your brother-. ¹⁹ yea, if in truth and in sincerity you have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice you in Abimelech, and he does rejoice--even he--in you;" ²⁰ and if not--fire comes out from Abimelech and devours the masters of Shechem and the house of Millo, and fire comes out from the masters of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devours Abimelech.. ²¹ And Jotham hastes, and flees, and goes to Beer, and dwells there, from the face of Abimelech his brother. ²² And Abimelech is prince over Israel three years, ²³ and Elohim sends an evil spirit between Abimelech and the masters of Shechem, and the masters of Shechem deal treacherously with Abimelech, ²⁴ for the coming in of the violence [to] the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and of their blood to place [it] on Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and on the masters of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren. ²⁵ And the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passes over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech. ²⁶ And Gaal son of Ebed comes--also his brethren--and they pass over into Shechem, and the masters of Shechem trust in him, ²⁷ and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their elohim, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech. ²⁸ And Gaal son of Ebed said, `Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we serve him? is [he] not son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his commander? Serve you the men of Hamor father of Shechem, and wherefore do we serve him--we? ²⁹ and oh that this people were in my hand--then I turn Abimelech aside;' and he said to Abimelech, `Increase your host, and come out.. ³⁰ And Zebul, prince of the city, hears the words of Gaal son of Ebed, and his anger burns, ³¹ and he sends messengers unto Abimelech deceitfully, saying, `Lo, Gaal son of Ebed and his brethren are coming into Shechem, and lo, they are fortifying the city against you;" ³² and, now, rise by night, you and the people who [are] with you, and lay wait in the field, ³³ and it has been, in the morning, about the rising of the sun, you do rise early, and have pushed against the city; and lo, he and the people who [are] with him are going out unto you--and you have done to him as your hand does find.. ³⁴ And Abimelech rises, and all the people who [are] with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem--four detachments;" ³⁵ and Gaal son of Ebed goes out, and stands at the opening of the gate of the city, and Abimelech rises--also the people who [are] with him--from the ambush, ³⁶ and Gaal sees the people, and said unto Zebul, `Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;' and Zebul said unto him, `The shadow of the hills you are seeing like men.. ³⁷ And Gaal adds yet to speak, and said, `Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.. ³⁸ And Zebul said unto him, `Where [is] now your mouth, in that you say, Who [is] Abimelech that we serve him? is not this the people against which you have kicked? go out, I pray you now, and fight against it.. ³⁹ And Gaal goes out before the masters of Shechem, and fights against Abimelech, ⁴⁰ and Abimelech pursues him, and he flees from his presence, and many fall wounded--unto the opening of the gate. ⁴¹ And Abimelech abides in Arumah, and Zebul casts out Gaal and his brethren from dwelling in Shechem. ⁴² And it comes to pass, on the morrow, that the people go out to the field, and they declare [it] to Abimelech, ⁴³ and he takes the people, and divides them into three detachments, and lays wait in a field, and looks, and lo, the people are coming out from the city, and he rises against them, and smites them. ⁴⁴ And Abimelech and the detachments who [are] with him have pushed on, and stand at the opening of the gate of the city, and the two detachments have pushed against all who are in the field, and smite them, ⁴⁵ and Abimelech has fought against the city all that day, and captures the city, and the people who [are] in it he has slain, and he breaks down the city, and sows it [with] salt. ⁴⁶ And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the el Berith, ⁴⁷ and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together, ⁴⁸ and Abimelech goes up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who [are] with him, and Abimelech takes the great axe in his hand, and cuts off a bough of the trees, and lifts it up, and sets [it] on his shoulder, and said unto the people who [are] with him, `What you have seen I have done--haste, do you like it.. ⁴⁹ And all the people also cut down each one his bough, and go after Abimelech, and set [them] at the high place, and burn by these the high place with fire, and also all the men of the tower of Shechem die, about a thousand men and women. ⁵⁰ And Abimelech goes unto Thebez, and encamps against Thebez, and captures it, ⁵¹ and a strong tower has been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut [it] behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower. ⁵² And Abimelech comes unto the tower, and fights against it, and draws nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire, ⁵³ and a certain woman does cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaks his skull, ⁵⁴ and he calls hastily unto the young man bearing his weapons, and said to him, `Draw your sword, and you have put me to death, lest they say of me--A woman slew him;' and his young man pierced him through, and he dies. ⁵⁵ And the men of Israel see that Abimelech [is] dead, and go each one to his place;" ⁵⁶ and Elohim turns back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren; ⁵⁷ and all the evil of the men of Shechem has Elohim turned back on their head, and come unto them does the cursing of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.