² “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that ^(A)seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am ^(B)your bone and your flesh.”

⁵ Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and ^(A)killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, ^(B)seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.