Judges 9:34

9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up ¹  at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into ²  four units.

Judges 9:53

9:53 a woman threw an upper millstone ³  down on his ⁴  head and shattered his skull.

[9:34]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”

[9:34]  ² tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:53]  ³ sn A hand mill consisted of an upper stone and larger lower stone. One would turn the upper stone with a handle to grind the grain, which was placed between the stones. An upper millstone, which was typically about two inches thick and a foot or so in diameter, probably weighed 25-30 pounds (11.4-13.6 kg). See G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 268; C. F. Burney, Judges, 288.

[9:53]  ⁴ tn Heb “Abimelech’s.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “his” in the translation in keeping with conventions of English narrative style.