Jueces 9:21

21 Entonces Jotam huyó y se fue a vivir a Beer, porque le tenía miedo a su hermano Abimelec.

Jueces 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.

Jueces 9:21 In-Context

19 »Si hoy han actuado honorablemente y de buena fe hacia Gedeón y sus descendientes, entonces que tengan alegría con Abimelec y que él tenga alegría con ustedes.

20 Pero si no han actuado de buena fe, ¡que salga fuego de Abimelec y consuma a los ciudadanos prominentes de Siquem y de Bet-milo, y que salga fuego de los ciudadanos de Siquem y de Bet-milo y consuma a Abimelec!».

21 Entonces Jotam huyó y se fue a vivir a Beer, porque le tenía miedo a su hermano Abimelec.

22 Siquem se rebela contra Abimelec
Tres años después de que Abimelec comenzó a gobernar a Israel,

23 Dios envió un espíritu que generó conflictos entre Abimelec y los ciudadanos prominentes de Siquem, quienes finalmente se rebelaron.