Judges 9
The people of Shechem aligned with one of the sons of Jerub-Baal, Abimelech, and together murdered all the other sons. They then gathered and crowned Abimelich king of Shechem. But one of the sons, Jotham, had hidden and escaped. When he heard what had happened, he spoke to the people of Shechem and said to them, "Now if you have acted honorably and in good faith when you made Abimelech king, and if you have been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family, and if you have treated him as he deserves- and to think that my father fought for you, risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian - if then you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today, may Abimelech be your joy, and may you be his, too! But if you have not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume you, citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelech!" Later, the citizens of Shechem became afraid of Abimelech and gathered to the stronghold tower, but when Abimelech heard that they had assembled there he ordered his men to set it on fire. All the people were killed. Next Abimelech beseiged and captured the city of Thebez, but during this pursuit "a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull". The "curse of Jotham" had fallen on Abimelech and the people of Shechem as God punished them for all their wickedness.