²⁰ But if you have not, let fire come out^(A) from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem^(B) and Beth Millo,^(C) and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!”

⁹ David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces^[a](A) inward.