Judges 9:6

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.

Judges 9:15

9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose ²  me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! ³  Otherwise ⁴  may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

[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).

[9:15]  ² tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”

[9:15]  ³ tn Heb “in my shade.”

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “If not.”