Judges 9:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 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 Samuel 14:5, 1 Samuel 14:31. 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.