And his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, (A)“He is our brother.” And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of (B)Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired (C)worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him. And he went to his father's house at (D)Ophrah (E)and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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