Judges 9:21
Then Jotham escaped and ran away. He went to Beer and stayed there because of the threat of Abimelech his brother.
Free Bible 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
22Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years.
Cross References
Numbers 21:16From there they moved on to Beer, the well where the Lord told Moses, “Have the people gather together so I can give them water.”
2 Samuel 20:14In the meantime Sheba had gone around all the tribes of Israel and eventually ended up in the town of Abel-beth-maacah. All the Bichrites gathered for battle and followed him into the town.
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 →