And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Ver. 21. And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went.] It was but high time to fly, Cito, citius, citissime, whence all this heap of words in the text. So fled Jacob from Esau, David from Saul, Paul from his persecutors. Act 9:23-25 It is not unlawful in some cases to save ourselves by flight. Tertullian was too rigid in this point. God hath not set us as standing marks or butts to be shot at.