⁵⁷ God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness.^(A) The curse of Jotham^(B) son of Jerub-Baal came on them.

²⁰ But if you have not, let fire come out^(A) from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem^(B) and Beth Millo,^(C) and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!”

³⁴ In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.^(A)

⁴⁵ All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city^(A) and scattered salt^(B) over it.

²⁶ At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath:^(A) “Cursed^(B) before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: