Judges 9:6-7

9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar ¹  in Shechem.

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ²  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ³  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

[9:6]  ¹ tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).

[9:7]  ² tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[9:7]  ³ tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”