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Judges 9
And
Abimelech
the
son
of
Jerubbaal
went
to
Shechem
unto
his
mother's
brethren,
and
communed
with
them,
and
with
all
the
family
of
the
house
of
his
mother's
father,
saying,
2 Speak,
I
pray
you,
in
the
ears
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem,
Whether
is
better
for
you,
either
that
all
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
which
are
threescore
and
ten
persons,
reign
over
you,
or
that
one
reign
over
you?
remember
also
that
I
am
your
bone
and
your
flesh.
3 And
his
mother's
brethren
spake
of
him
in
the
ears
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem
all
these
words:
and
their
hearts
inclined
to
follow
Abimelech;
for
they
said,
He
is
our
brother.
4 And
they
gave
him
threescore
and
ten
pieces
of
silver
out
of
the
house
of
Baal-berith,
wherewith
Abimelech
a
hired
b
vain
and
light
persons,
which
followed
him.
5 And
he
went
unto
his
father's
house
at
Ophrah,
and
slew
his
brethren
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
being
threescore
and
ten
persons,
upon
one
stone:
notwithstanding
yet
Jotham
the
youngest
son
of
Jerubbaal
was
left;
for
he
hid
himself.
6 And
all
the
men
of
Shechem
gathered
together,
and
all
the
house
of
Millo,
and
went,
and
made
Abimelech
king,
by
the
a
plain
of
the
pillar
that
was
in
Shechem.
7 And
when
they
told
it
to
Jotham,
he
went
and
stood
in
the
top
of
mount
a
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
a
God
and
man,
and
go
to
be
promoted
over
the
trees?
10 And
the
trees
said
to
the
fig
tree,
Come
thou,
and
reign
over
us.
11 But
the
fig
tree
said
unto
them,
Should
I
forsake
my
sweetness,
and
my
good
fruit,
and
go
to
be
promoted
over
the
trees?
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