Judges 9:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Then Jotham ran away and fled, going to Beer, where he remained for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Common English Bible

²¹ Then Jotham ran away. He fled to Beer and stayed there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And when he had said these things, he fled and went away to Beer. And he lived in that place, out of fear of Abimelech, his brother.

Judges 9:21 Cross References

Numbers 21:16

From there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”

2 Samuel 20:14

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Bichrites assembled and followed him inside.

Joshua 19:8

together with all the villages all around these towns as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon according to its families.

Judges 9:20

but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the lords of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.”

Judges 9:22

Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.