Judges 8:35--9:1
8:35 They did not treat 1 the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.
Abimelech Murders His Brothers
9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 2 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 3
Judges 9:19
9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family 4 today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! 5
Judges 9:57
9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell 6 on them.
1 tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”
2 tn Heb “brothers.”
3 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”
6 tn Heb “came.”