Judges 9:21 meaning and explanation

Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

Judges 9:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Jotham has just finished his parable of the trees and his curse from Mount Gerizim, spoken to the leaders of Shechem who had crowned his half-brother Abimelech king after he murdered Gideon's seventy sons. Jotham alone survived, and here he flees to Beer and stays there because he fears Abimelech.

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