Judges 9:24
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
Cross-references
In Judges 9:56, God repays Abimelech for the very crime described here — killing his seventy brothers — showing the bloodguilt fulfilled.
In 1 Kings 2:32, the Lord brings bloodguilt on the perpetrator's head — here the blood of Gideon's sons is laid on Abimelech and Shechem.
In Psalm 7:16, mischief returns on the perpetrator's head — here the violence against Gideon's sons descends on Abimelech and Shechem.
In Jeremiah 51:35, Zion cries for the violence and blood done to her to be on Babylon — closely paralleling the cry for blood to be laid on the perpetrators here.
In 2 Samuel 1:16, David declares 'your blood be on your head' — a similar pronouncement of bloodguilt as the blood being laid on the killers here.
In 2 Samuel 3:29, David calls bloodguilt down on Joab's house — echoing the blood being laid on Abimelech and Shechem here for their violence.
In 2 Samuel 16:8, Shimei claims the blood of Saul's house has returned on David — a similar theme of retributive bloodguilt as in this verse.