Judges 9:20-24
Judges 9:20
But if not, may fire come out of Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out of the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo, and consume Abimelech.”
Judges 9:21
Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer; and he stayed there because of his brother Abimelech. Shechem and Abimelech Fall
Judges 9:22
Now Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years.
Judges 9:23
Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem; and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
Judges 9:24
so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal would come, and the responsibility for their blood would be placed on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who encouraged him to kill his brothers.