Judges 9:20

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 9:49

9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches ¹  against the stronghold and set fire to it. ²  All the people ³  of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

Numbers 21:28

21:28 For fire went out from Heshbon,

a flame from the city of Sihon.

It has consumed Ar of Moab

and the lords ⁴  of the high places of Arnon.

Isaiah 1:31

1:31 The powerful will be like ⁵  a thread of yarn,

their deeds like a spark;

both will burn together,

and no one will put out the fire.

Ezekiel 19:14

19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. ⁶ 

No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’

This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

[9:49]  ¹ tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:49]  ² tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

[9:49]  ³ tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.

[21:28]  ¹ tc Some scholars emend to בָּלְעָה (bal’ah), reading “and devoured,” instead of בַּעֲלֵי (ba’aley, “its lords”); cf. NAB, NRSV, TEV. This emendation is closer to the Greek and makes a better parallelism, but the MT makes good sense as it stands.

[1:31]  ¹ tn Heb “will become” (so NASB, NIV).

[19:14]  ¹ tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.