21Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.


In Context

18 (but today you have revolted against my father's family, murdered his seventy sons on a single stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave girl, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is your brother)-

19 if then you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today, may Abimelech be your joy, and may you be his, too!

20 But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume you, citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelech!"

21 Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and he lived there because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.

22 After Abimelech had governed Israel three years,

23 God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who acted treacherously against Abimelech.

Judges 9:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abim'elech his brother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelled there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.