19 so if you have acted with [a]honesty and integrity toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, be joyful about Abimelech, and may he also be joyful about you. 20 But if not, may fire come out of Abimelech and consume the [b]leaders of Shechem and [c]Beth-millo; and may fire come out of the [d]leaders of Shechem and from [e]Beth-millo, and consume Abimelech.” 21 Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer; and he stayed there because of his brother Abimelech.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 9:19 Or sincerity
  2. Judges 9:20 Or landowners
  3. Judges 9:20 Or the house of Millo
  4. Judges 9:20 Or landowners
  5. Judges 9:20 Or the house of Millo

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