Judges 8:29
8:29 Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.
1
Judges 9:5
9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers,
2 the seventy legitimate
3 sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped,
4 because he hid.
Judges 6:32
6:32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal,
5 because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”
Judges 8:35--9:1
8:35 They did not treat
6 the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.
Abimelech Murders His Brothers
9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 7 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 8
Judges 9:19
9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family
9 today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness!
10
Judges 9:57
9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell
11 on them.
1 tn Heb “went and lived in his house.”
2 tn Heb “his brothers.”
3 tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “remained.”
3 tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub-Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight!”
4 tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”
5 tn Heb “brothers.”
6 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
6 tn Heb “house.”
7 tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”
7 tn Heb “came.”