¹⁸ and you have risen up against my father's house this day ^(A)and have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made ^(B)Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, ^(C)because he is your relative—

⁵ And he went to his father's house at ^(A)Ophrah ^(B)and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself. ⁶ And all the leaders of Shechem came together, and all ^(C)Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

¹⁴ Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’

^35 (A)and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

³⁰ Now Gideon had ^(A)seventy sons, his own offspring,^[a] for he had many wives. ³¹ And his concubine ^(B)who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.