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1
|Jueces 9:1|
Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan,
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2
|Jueces 9:2|
“Ask all the citizens of Shechem, `Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”
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3
|Jueces 9:3|
When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
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4
|Jueces 9:4|
They gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech used it to hire reckless adventurers, who became his followers.
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5
|Jueces 9:5|
He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.
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6
|Jueces 9:6|
Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelech king.
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7
|Jueces 9:7|
When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
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8
|Jueces 9:8|
One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, `Be our king.’
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9
|Jueces 9:9|
“But the olive tree answered, `Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and men are honoured, to hold sway over the trees?’
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10
|Jueces 9:10|
“Next, the trees said to the fig-tree, `Come and be our king.’
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