Judges 9:1-2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Abimelech Becomes King

9 Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem and spoke to his uncles and to his mother’s whole clan, saying, ² ‘Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, “Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal,^(A) rule over you or that one man rule over you? ” Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.’^[a]