Judges 9:21
And when he had said these things, he fled and went away to Beer. And he lived in that place, out of fear of Abimelech, his brother.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
In Context
22And so Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
Cross References
Numbers 21:16Beyond that place appeared a well, about which the Lord said to Moses: “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
2 Samuel 20:14Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel into Abel and Bethmaacah. And all the elect men had gathered together to him.
Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22
Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →