Judges 9:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ He went to Ophrah, the hometown of his father, and murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal [^CGideon; 6:32]. He killed them all on one stone. But Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, Jotham, hid from Abimelech and ·escaped [survived; was left]. ⁶ Then all of the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo [^C“house of the fill”; probably the earthen structure on which the Tower of Shechem (v. 46) was built] gathered beside the ·great tree [oak] by the pillar [^Clikely an object of pagan worship] in Shechem. There they made Abimelech their king.

Jotham’s Story

⁷ When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted to the people: “Listen to me, you ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of Shechem, so that God will listen to you!