Judges 9:19-20

9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family ¹  today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! ²  9:20 But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”

Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ³  squeezed out the juice, ⁴  and celebrated. They came to the temple ⁵  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

[9:19]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[9:19]  ² tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”

[9:27]  ³ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

[9:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”