And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?