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Jotham (son of Gideon)

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Jotham ("God is perfect"; also Yotam ) is the name of two people of the Hebrew Bible : 1.1 The youngest of Gideon 's seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech ( Judges 9:5). When "the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of Millo" were gathered together "by the plain of the pillar" (i.e., the stone set up by Joshua, 24:26; compare Genesis 35:4) "that was in Shechem, to make Abimelech king," from one of the heights of Mount Gerizim he protested against their doing so in the earliest parable , that of the bramble-king. His words then spoken were prophetic. There came a recoil in the feelings of the people toward Abimelech, and then a terrible revenge, in which many were slain and the city of Shechem was destroyed by Abimelech (Judg. 9:45). Having delivered his warning, Jotham fled to Beer from the vengeance of Abimelech (9:7-21). 2.2 Jotham of Judah , king of Judah Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists son of Gideon articles associated with the title Jotham . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.3

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perfect"

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perfect" or "yahweh is complete"

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