Judges 9:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵Abimelech and his soldiers went to his father's home in Ophrah and brought out Gideon's other sons to a large rock, where they murdered all 70 of them. Gideon's youngest son Jotham hid from the soldiers, but he was the only one who escaped.

⁶The leaders of Shechem, including the priests and the military officers,^[a] met at the tree next to the sacred rock^[b] in Shechem to crown Abimelech king. ⁷Jotham heard what they were doing. So he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted down to the people who were there at the meeting:

Leaders of Shechem,
listen to me,
and maybe God
will listen to you.

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Footnotes

9.6 including the priests and the military officers: The Hebrew text has “and the Millo house,” another name for the temple of Baal Berith. It probably also served as a military fortress.
9.6 tree … rock: One ancient translation; Hebrew “propped-up sacred tree.”