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Judges 9:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Judges 9:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself. 6 All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near the oak[a] of the pillar that is at Shechem.
7 And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and he cried out loud[b] and said to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
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- Judges 9:6 Or “terebinth”
- Judges 9:7 Literally “he lifted his voice and called”
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