After Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years,
Israel has lived in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the banks of the River Arnon for three hundred years. Why did you not take them back during that time?
Then Jotham ran away and fled. He went to Beer and lived there because of Abimelech his brother.
God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
