1And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to…
2Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether…
3And his mother’s brethren spoke of him to…
4And they gave him seventy weight of silver…
5And he came to his father’s house in…
6And all the men of Sichem were gathered…
7This being told to Joatham, he went and…
8The trees went to anoint a king over…
9And it answered: Can I leave my fatness,…
10And the trees said to the fig tree:…
11And it answered them: Can I leave my…
12And the trees said to the vine: Come…
13And it answered them: Can I forsake my…
14And all the trees said to the bramble:…
15And it answered them: If indeed you mean…
16Now therefore if you have done well, and…
17And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver…
18And you are now risen up against my…
19If therefore you have dealt well, and without…
20But if unjustly: let fire come out from…
21And when he had said thus he fled,…
22So Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
23And the Lord sent a very evil spirit…
24And to leave the crime of the murder…
25And they set an ambush against him on…
26And Gaal the son of Obed came with…
27Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards,…
28And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who…
29Would to God that some man would put…
30For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing…
31And sent messengers privately to Abimelech, saying: Behold…
32Arise therefore in the night with the people…
33And betimes in the morning at sun rising…
34Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by…
35And Gaal the son of Obed went out,…
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said…
37Again Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down…
38And Zebul said to him: Where is now…
39So Gaal went out in the sight of…
40Who chased and put him to flight, and…
41And Abimelech sat down in Ruma: but Zebul…
42So the day following the people went out…
43And he took his army, and divided it…
44With his own company, assaulting and besieging the…
45And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day:…
46And when they who dwelt in the tower…
47Abimelech also hearing that the men of the…
48Went up into mount Selmon he and all…
49So they cut down boughs from the trees,…
50Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the…
51And there was in the midst of the…
52And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly:…
53And behold a certain woman casting a piece…
54And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and…
55And when he was dead, all the men…
56And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had…
57The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they…
