16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abim´elech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubba´al and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands:
17 (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Mid´i-an:
18 and ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abim´elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:)
19 if ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubba´al and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abim´elech, and let him also rejoice in you:
20 but if not, let fire come out from Abim´elech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abim´elech.
21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abim´elech his brother.
22 When Abim´elech had reigned three years over Israel,