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And all the leaders of Shechem came together, and all (A)Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of (B)Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. (C)The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, (D)‘Reign over us.’

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