Avimelekh was prince over Yisra'el three years.
While Yisra'el lived in Cheshbon and its towns, and in `Aro`er and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you recover them within that time?
Yotam ran away, and fled, and went to Be'er, and lived there, for fear of Avimelekh his brother.
God sent an evil spirit between Avimelekh and the men of Shekhem; and the men of Shekhem dealt treacherously with Avimelekh:
