World English Bible
Judges 9:21
“Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.”
Verse in context — Judges 9
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if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
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but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
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Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
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Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
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God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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