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19 if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you; 20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo and devour Abimelech.”

21 Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer[a] and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:21 “Beer” is Hebrew for “well”, i.e., a village named for its well.