Judges 9:54

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ¹  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ²  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech Murders His Brothers

9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. ³  He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, ⁴ 

Judges 1:3

1:3 The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon, ⁵  “Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. ⁶  Then we ⁷  will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.

Judges 1:5

1:5 They met ⁸  Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Revelation 9:6

9:6 In ⁹  those days people ¹⁰  will seek death, but ¹¹  will not be able to ¹²  find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁴ tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

⁵ tn Heb “Judah said to Simeon, his brother.”

⁶ tn Heb “Come up with me into our allotted land and let us attack the Canaanites.”

⁷ tn Heb “I.” The Hebrew pronoun is singular, agreeing with the collective singular “Judah” earlier in the verse. English style requires a plural pronoun here, however.

⁸ tn Or “found.”

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁰ tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

¹² tn The phrase “not be able to” was used in the translation to emphasize the strong negation (οὐ μή, ou mh) in the Greek text.