Text -- Judges 9:54-57 (NET)

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died. 9:55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. 9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. 9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jdg 9:54

¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: Jdg 9:55

¹ tn Heb “each to his own place.”

NET Notes: Jdg 9:56

¹ tn Heb “seventy brothers.”

NET Notes: Jdg 9:57

¹ tn Heb “came.”