Judges 9:4-5

9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous ¹  men as his followers. ²  9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ³  the seventy legitimate ⁴  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ⁵  because he hid.

[9:4]  ¹ tn Heb “empty and reckless.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “and they followed him.”

[9:5]  ³ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[9:5]  ⁴ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “remained.”