Discovery BoxJudges 9:6-7 
Context9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar 1 in Shechem.
Jotham’s Parable
9:7 When Jotham heard the news, 2 he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, 3 “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
1 tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).
2 tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.
3 tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”
