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Jotham

Father: Gideon

Siblings: Abimelech, Jether

Several people in the Bible have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 4 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Jotham is mentioned

  • Judges 9:5–7

    5 He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

    6 Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

    7 When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

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  • Judges 9:21

    Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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  • Judges 9:57

    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

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