Judges 9:1

Abimelech Murders His Brothers

9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. ¹  He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, ² 

Judges 17:4

17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she ³  took two hundred pieces of silver ⁴  to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

² tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

³ tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”