Judges 8:29

8:29 Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down. ¹ 

Judges 9:5

9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ²  the seventy legitimate ³  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ⁴  because he hid.

Judges 6:32

6:32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub-Baal, ⁵  because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”

Judges 8:35--9:1

8:35 They did not treat ⁶  the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.

Abimelech Murders His Brothers

9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. ⁷  He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, ⁸ 

Judges 9:19

9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family ⁹  today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! ¹⁰ 

Judges 9:57

9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ¹¹  on them.

[8:29]  ¹ tn Heb “went and lived in his house.”

[9:5]  ² tn Heb “his brothers.”

[9:5]  ³ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “remained.”

[6:32]  ³ tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub-Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight!”

[8:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”

[9:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

[9:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[9:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”

[9:57]  ⁷ tn Heb “came.”