Judges 9:1-2

Christian Standard Bible

Abimelech Becomes King

9 Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem and spoke to his uncles and to his mother’s whole clan, saying, ² “Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal,^(A) rule over you or that one man rule over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”^[a]