Judges 2:17

2:17 But they did not obey ¹  their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped ²  them. They quickly turned aside from the path ³  their ancestors ⁴  had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord’s commands, but they did not. ⁵ 

Judges 9:48

9:48 He and all his men ⁶  went up on Mount Zalmon. He ⁷  took an ax ⁸  in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it ⁹  on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!” ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Or “did not listen to.”

² tn Or “bowed before.”

³ tn Or “way [of life].”

⁴ tn Or “fathers.”

⁵ tn Heb “…walked, obeying the Lord’s commands. They did not do this.”

⁶ tn Heb “his people.”

⁷ tn Heb “Abimelech.” The proper name has been replaced with the pronoun (“he”) due to considerations of English style.

⁸ tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.

⁹ tn Heb “he lifted it and put [it].”

¹⁰ tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”