Judg 9:3, 18 | ESV | STEP | And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem , and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech , for they said , He is our brother .

Judges 9:3

3 And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, ^a“He is our brother.”

Judges 9:18

18 and you have risen up against my father’s house this day ^band have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made ^cAbimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, ^dbecause he is your relative—