Judges 1:7

1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up ¹  food scraps ²  under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” ³  They brought him to Jerusalem, ⁴  where he died.

Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ⁵  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ⁶  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ⁷ 

Judges 9:5

9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ⁸  the seventy legitimate ⁹  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ¹⁰  because he hid.

Judges 9:18

9:18 But you have attacked ¹¹  my father’s family ¹²  today. You murdered his seventy legitimate ¹³  sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative. ¹⁴ 

Judges 9:24

9:24 He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother ¹⁵  who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them. ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.

² tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

³ tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.

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⁵ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

⁶ tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

⁷ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

⁹ tn Heb “his brothers.”

¹⁰ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹¹ tn Heb “remained.”

¹³ tn Heb “have risen up against.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “house.”

¹⁵ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁶ tn Heb “your brother.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “their brother.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might come, and their blood might be placed on Abimelech, their brother, who murdered them, and upon the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to murder his brothers.”