Judges 9:38

9:38 Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, ¹  ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men ²  you insulted? ³  Go out now and fight them!”

Judges 9:43

9:43 he took his men ⁴  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ⁵  he attacked and struck them down. ⁶ 

Judges 9:48

9:48 He and all his men ⁷  went up on Mount Zalmon. He ⁸  took an ax ⁹  in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it ¹⁰  on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!” ¹¹ 

[9:38]  ¹ tn Heb “is your mouth that says.”

[9:38]  ² tn Heb “the people.”

[9:38]  ³ tn Or “despised.”

[9:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

[9:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”

[9:48]  ⁷ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:48]  ⁸ tn Heb “Abimelech.” The proper name has been replaced with the pronoun (“he”) due to considerations of English style.

[9:48]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.

[9:48]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he lifted it and put [it].”

[9:48]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”