17. For avi [Gid'on] fought for you, and risked his nefesh, and delivered you out of the yad Midyan;
18. And ye are risen up against bais avi this day, and have slain his banim, threescore and ten persons, upon one even (stone), and have made Avimelech, ben amah (son of his slave girl), melech over the ba'alei Shechem, because he is your brother--
19. If ye then have dealt b'emes and in good faith with Yerubaal and with his bais this day, then rejoice ye in Avimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
20. But if not, let eish come out from Avimelech, and devour the ba'alei Shechem, and the Bais Millo; and let eish come out from the ba'alei Shechem, and from the Bais Millo, and devour Avimelech.
21. And Yotam ran away, and escaped, and went to Be'er, and dwelt there, for fear of Avimelech his brother.
22. When Avimelech had reigned shalosh shanim over Yisroel,