Judges 9:21

And Yotam ran away, and escaped, and went to Be'er, and dwelt there, for fear of Avimelech his brother.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

20But if not, let eish come out from Avimelech, and devour the ba'alei Shechem, and the Bais Millo; and let eish come out from the ba'alei Shechem, and from the Bais Millo, and devour Avimelech.

22When Avimelech had reigned shalosh shanim over Yisroel,

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Cross References

Numbers 21:16And from thence they went to Be'er; that is the Well whereof Hashem spoke unto Moshe, Gather the people together, and I will give them mayim.

2 Samuel 20:14And he passed through all the Shivtei Yisroel unto Abel, and to Beit-Ma'achah, and all the Berim; and they were gathered together, and went also after him. + 20:14 i.e., Sheva

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 →

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