Abimelech ruled Israel for three years.
For three hundred years the Israelites have lived in Heshbon and Aroer and the towns around them and in all the cities along the Arnon River. Why have you not taken these cities back in all that time?
Then Jotham ran away and escaped to the city of Beer. He lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.
Then God sent an evil spirit to make trouble between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem so that the leaders of Shechem turned against him.
