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, ¹  if you have properly repaid him ²  –

Judges 9:18

9:18 But you have attacked ³  my father’s family ⁴  today. You murdered his seventy legitimate ⁵  sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative. ⁶ 

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[9:16]  ² tn Heb “if according to the deeds of his hands you have done to him.”

[9:18]  ³ tn Heb “have risen up against.”

[9:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[9:18]  ⁵ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “your brother.”