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.

Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹²  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ¹³  The Midianites ¹⁴  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 9:16

9:16 “Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, ¹⁵  if you have properly repaid him ¹⁶  –

Judges 9:24

9:24 He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother ¹⁷  who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them. ¹⁸ 

Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ¹⁹  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ²⁰  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.’” ²¹ 

Judges 9:28

9:28 Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul the deputy he appointed? ²²  Serve the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve Abimelech? ²³ 

[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.”

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ⁹ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[9:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[9:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “if according to the deeds of his hands you have done to him.”

[9:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “their brother.”

[9:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might come, and their blood might be placed on Abimelech, their brother, who murdered them, and upon the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to murder his brothers.”

[9:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

[9:2]  ¹² tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

[9:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

[9:28]  ¹² tn Heb “and Zebul his appointee.”

[9:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abimelech) has been specified in the translation for clarity.