Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ¹  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ²  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.’” ³ 

Judges 9:49

9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches ⁴  against the stronghold and set fire to it. ⁵  All the people ⁶  of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

¹ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

² tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

³ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

⁴ tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

⁶ tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.