Judges 9:23 CPDV

²¹  And when he had said these things, he fled and went away to Beer. And he lived in that place, out of fear of Abimelech, his brother.

²²  And so Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.

²³  And the Lord put a very grievous spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Shechem, who began to detest him,

²⁴  and to place blame for the crime of the killing of the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for the shedding of their blood, upon Abimelech, their brother, and upon the rest of the leaders of the Shechemites, who assisted him.

²⁵  And they stationed an ambush against him at the summit of the mountains. And while they were waiting for his arrival, they committed robberies, taking spoils from those passing by. And this was reported to Abimelech.