Judges 9:1
ContextAbimelech 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
Judges 17:4
Context17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she 3 took two hundred pieces of silver 4 to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. 5


[9:1] 2 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
[17:4] 3 tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.
[17:4] 4 tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.