Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.
While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the towns that are along the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
Then Jotham ran away and fled, going to Beer, where he remained for fear of his brother Abimelech.
But God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem, and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech.