9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous 1 men as his followers. 2 9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, 3 the seventy legitimate 4 sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, 5 because he hid.
1 tnHeb “empty and reckless.”
2 tnHeb “and they followed him.”
3 tnHeb “his brothers.”
4 tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.