“And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)”
And ye are risen up against the house of my father this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid servant, king over you, because he is your brother — Jotham's accusation is direct. Shechem has risen against Gideon's house ('risen up against' is rebellion language, קָמוּ עַל־בֵּית אָבִי, kamu al-beit avi). The bastard status is emphasized—'the son of his maidservant' (בֶן־שִׁפְחָתוֹ, ben-shifchato).
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