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Judges 9:1-6

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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  9:2 “Tell 3  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want 4  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.’” 5  9:3 His mother’s relatives 6  spoke on his behalf to 7  all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. 8  The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; 9  they said, “He is our close relative.” 10  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 11  men as his followers. 12  9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, 13  the seventy legitimate 14  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, 15  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 16  in Shechem.

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[9:1]  1 tn Heb “brothers.”

[9:1]  2 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

[9:2]  3 tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

[9:2]  4 tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

[9:2]  5 tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

[9:3]  6 tn Heb “brothers.”

[9:3]  7 tn Heb “into the ears of.”

[9:3]  8 tn Heb “and all these words.”

[9:3]  9 tn Heb “Their heart was inclined after Abimelech.”

[9:3]  10 tn Heb “our brother.”

[9:4]  11 tn Heb “empty and reckless.”

[9:4]  12 tn Heb “and they followed him.”

[9:5]  13 tn Heb “his brothers.”

[9:5]  14 tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:5]  15 tn Heb “remained.”

[9:6]  16 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).



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