Judges 9:5-6

9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ¹  the seventy legitimate ²  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ³  because he hid. 9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar ⁴  in Shechem.

Judges 8:35

8:35 They did not treat ⁵  the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.

Psalms 109:4

109:4 They repay my love with accusations, ⁶ 

but I continue to pray. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “his brothers.”

² tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “remained.”

⁴ tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).

⁵ tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”

⁶ tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

⁷ tn Heb “and I, prayer.”