Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ¹  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ²  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.’” ³ 

Judges 18:7

18:7 So the five men journeyed on ⁴  and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there ⁵  were living securely, like the Sidonians do, ⁶  undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. ⁷  They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. ⁸ 

[9:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

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

[9:2]  ³ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Or “went.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “who were in its midst.”

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to the custom of the Sidonians.”

[18:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there was no one humiliating anything in the land, one taking possession [by] force.”

[18:7]  ⁸ tc Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX and Symmachus read “Syria” here rather than the MT’s “men.” This reading presupposes a Hebrew Vorlage אֲרָם (’aram, “Aram,” i.e., Arameans) rather than the MT reading אָדָם (’adam). This reading is possibly to be preferred over the MT.