SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:21
Y huyó Jotam, y se fugó, y se fue a Beer, y allí se estuvo por causa de Abimelec su hermano.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 9:21
Verse 21. Went to Beer] Mr. Maundrell, in his journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 64, 5th edit., mentions a place of this name, which he thinks to be that to which Jotham fled, and supposed to be the same as Mishmash, 1 Sam. xiv. 5, 31. It is situated, he says, towards the south, on an easy declivity; and has a fountain of excellent water at the bottom of the hill from which it has taken its name.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. And Jotham ran away, and fled , etc.] Having delivered his fable, and the application of it, he made his escape, having the advantage of being on the top of a mountain, at some distance from the people, and perhaps they might not be inclined to do him any harm: and went to Beer ; which some take to be the same with Baalathbeer in the tribe of Simeon, ( Joshua 19:8) Jerom says, the village Bera, whither Jotham fled, is eight miles from Eleutheropolis to the north; but Mr. Maundrell f203 , who was in those parts in 1697, gives us a better account of it; and, according to him, it is about two hours and a half’s travel from Bethel to it, and three hours and one third from it to Jerusalem; Beer, he says, enjoys a very pleasant situation, on an easy declivity, fronting southward; at the bottom of the hill it has a plentiful fountain of excellent water, from which it had its name: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother ; how long he dwelt there is not certain, and we hear no more of him after this, Josephus says he lay hid in the mountains three years for fear of Abimelech, which perhaps he concluded from Abimelech’s reigning three years, as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-21 - There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king, they are all the trees of the Lord which he has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel to set a king over them, for the Lord was their King. Those wh bear fruit for the public good, are justly respected and honoured by all that are wise, more than those who merely make a figure. All thes fruit-trees gave much the same reason for their refusal to be promote over the trees; or, as the margin reads it, to go up and down for the trees. To rule, involves a man in a great deal both of toil and care Those who are preferred to public trust and power, must forego all private interests and advantages, for the good of others. And thos advanced to honour and dignity, are in great danger of losing their fruitfulness. For which reason, they that desire to do good, are afrai of being too great. Jotham compares Abimelech to the bramble of thistle, a worthless plant, whose end is to be burned. Such a one wa Abimelech.
Original Hebrew
וינס 5127 יותם 3147 ויברח 1272 וילך 1980 בארה 876 וישׁב 3427 שׁם 8033 מפני 6440 אבימלך 40 אחיו׃ 251
