And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother — Jotham escapes to Beer (בְאֵר, be'er, a well). His flight shows that speaking truth makes him a target. Yet his curse is released into the world as a performative utterance. The righteous voice, though silenced by flight, is not nullified.

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