He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and there on top of a single stone he killed his seventy brothers, Gideon's sons. But Jotham, Gideon's youngest son, hid and was not killed.

Then all the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.

They were not grateful to the family of Gideon for all the good that he had done for Israel.

They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.

Then all the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.

So then all the trees said to the thorn bush, 'You come and be our king.'

He also had a concubine in Shechem; she bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.