Giudici 9:21

21 Poi Giotam scampò e se ne fuggì d’innanzi ad Abimelec suo fratello, e andò in Beer, e quivi dimorò.

Giudici 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:21

And Jotham ran away, and fled
Having delivered his fable, and the application of it, he made his escape, having the advantage of being on the top of a mountain, at some distance from the people, and perhaps they might not be inclined to do him any harm:

and went to Beer;
which some take to be the same with Baalathbeer in the tribe of Simeon, ( Joshua 19:8 ) Jerom ^F6 says, the village Bera, whither Jotham fled, is eight miles from Eleutheropolis to the north; but Mr. Maundrell ^F7, who was in those parts in 1697, gives us a better account of it; and, according to him, it is about two hours and a half's travel from Bethel to it, and three hours and one third from it to Jerusalem; Beer, he says, enjoys a very pleasant situation, on an easy declivity, fronting southward; at the bottom of the hill it has a plentiful fountain of excellent water, from which it had its name:

and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother;
how long he dwelt there is not certain, and we hear no more of him after this, Josephus says ^F8 he lay hid in the mountains three years for fear of Abimelech, which perhaps he concluded from Abimelech's reigning three years, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 De loc. Heb. fol. 89. I
F7 Journey from Aleppo p. 64, 66.
F8 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 7. sect. 2.

Giudici 9:21 In-Context

19 se, dico, siete oggi proceduti con verità e con integrità, verso Ierubbaal e verso la sua casa, godete d’Abimelec, e Abimelec goda di voi;

20 se no, esca il fuoco d’Abimelec, e consumi i Sichemiti e la casa di Millo; esca parimente il fuoco de’ Sichemiti e della casa di Millo, e consumi Abimelec.

21 Poi Giotam scampò e se ne fuggì d’innanzi ad Abimelec suo fratello, e andò in Beer, e quivi dimorò.

22 E Abimelec signoreggiò sopra Israele tre anni.

23 E Iddio mandò uno spirito maligno fra Abimelec e i Sichemiti; e i Sichemiti ruppero la fede ad Abimelec;